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    Create A Plant Field Guide Lesson - 0

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    This document provides instructions for a student activity where students act as botanists to create their own plant field guides. It outlines the necessary materials, learning objectives, and steps for the activity. Students will closely observe a plant, describe its characteristics and measure it in their field guide template. They will also explain how the plant benefits humans or wildlife. The activity aims to help students practice observation skills and learn to identify plants, skills that are important for field guides.

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    Create A Plant Field Guide Lesson - 0

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    This document provides instructions for a student activity where students act as botanists to create their own plant field guides. It outlines the necessary materials, learning objectives, and steps for the activity. Students will closely observe a plant, describe its characteristics and measure it in their field guide template. They will also explain how the plant benefits humans or wildlife. The activity aims to help students practice observation skills and learn to identify plants, skills that are important for field guides.

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    This document provides instructions for a student activity where students act as botanists to create their own plant field guides. It outlines the necessary materials, learning objectives, and steps for the activity. Students will closely observe a plant, describe its characteristics and measure it in their field guide template. They will also explain how the plant benefits humans or wildlife. The activity aims to help students practice observation skills and learn to identify plants, skills that are important for field guides.

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    Create A Plant Field Guide Lesson - 0

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    HenryVanDerSchyff
    This document provides instructions for a student activity where students act as botanists to create their own plant field guides. It outlines the necessary materials, learning objectives, and steps for the activity. Students will closely observe a plant, describe its characteristics and measure it in their field guide template. They will also explain how the plant benefits humans or wildlife. The activity aims to help students practice observation skills and learn to identify plants, skills that are important for field guides.

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    Be a Botanist…

    Student Created Plant Field Guide


    Grades: 3-6
    Time: 30-45 minutes

    Required Materials:
    • Student field guide templates
    • Pencils
    • Clipboards
    • Rulers or measuring tape
    • Magnifying glass (optional-available for loan from LCEP)
    • Plant field guides (optional-available for loan from LCEP)

    Learning Objectives:
    1. Students will look closely at their school plant community.
    2. Students will write detailed observations.
    3. Students will practice taking measurements with a ruler.

    Introduction and background discussion (5-15 minutes):


    • This activity can be used as a stand-alone, or in conjunction with Native and Invasive Plants Kit or
    Native American Plants Use Kit.
    • Review how Native Americans used plants or the benefits of plants for humans and wildlife.
    • Show examples of field guides and discuss how they are an important scientific tool for identifying and
    learning plants.
    • Discuss the skills necessary to make quality observations (drawing and writing). Practice making
    written observations of simple objects and see if other students can guess the object. This activity
    works well in pairs. Discuss the types of details that are most helpful.
    Field Guide Activity (30 minutes)
    • Distribute clipboards, field guide templates, pencils, and rulers.
    • Students will become botanists. In pairs or individually, student should spend approximately 10
    minutes to find a shrub, tree, or small plant to closely investigate.
    • On the field guide template, students will create a name, describe physical characteristics, and create a
    human or wildlife benefit.
    Wrap-up (10-20 minutes):
    • Allow students time to share their field guide pages.
    Extension Ideas:
    • Individual pages can be compiled into a larger field guide and students can try to find the plants
    classmates chose.
    • Visit the plants during a variety of seasons and record the changes.
    • Write a story about how wildlife or humans use/benefit from their tree or how their plant ended up on
    the school campus.
    Plant Field Guide by______________________ (name/s)  

     Plant name: _______________________________    Detailed plant drawing: 
     
     Size: Height_______ (Circle: inches or feet)   
               Width_______ (Circle: inches or feet)   
     
     Descrip on (include leaves, bark, flower, etc): 
    _________________________________________ 
    _________________________________________ 
    _________________________________________ 
    _________________________________________ 
     
     Where plant is found:_______________________ 
    _________________________________________ 
     
     How humans or wildlife benefit from this plant: 
    _________________________________________ 
    _________________________________________ 
    _________________________________________ 
    ______________________________________ 
         

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