Wildlife Zone

This link provides a list of six games that could be played to demonstrate pollination and other biological content.  The Pollination Game on page 3 could be used to address this GLE.  There is a basic materials list that is needed for the game. The game would require a large indoor/outdoor area to play. The materials required are basic and most schools will have these available. If not, they are fairly inexpensive materials. This could be used as an introduction to the GLE or a culminating activity. What is pollination? Why is it necessary? Explore the diverse plant life of Kew and observe various pollinators at work (selection of plants will depend on the season and weather).Through games, role play and inquiry based learning students will investigate how and why plants need to attract pollinators and what happens when they do.

Standards & Objectives

Academic standards
CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.5
Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing), by:
CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.6
Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent...
CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.7
Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions.1
CCSS.Math.Content.5.OA.A.1
Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.
CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.A.1
Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.A.2
Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.A.3
Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions. For example, apply the distributive property to the expression 3 (2 + x) to...
CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.B.5
Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or...
CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.B.6
Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can...
CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.B.7
Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations of the form x + p = q and px = q for cases in which p, q and x are all...
CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.B.8
Write an inequality of the form x > c or x < c to represent a constraint or condition in a real-world or mathematical problem. Recognize that...
CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.C.9
Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another; write an equation to express one...
CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.A.1
Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction...
CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.B.3
Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.C.5
Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature...
CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.C.7
Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers.
GLE 0406.2.6
Solve problems involving whole numbers, fractions, and/or decimals using all four arithmetic operations.
GLE 0407.4.1
Recognize the relationship between reproduction and the continuation of a species.
GLE 0506.2.5
Develop fluency in solving multi-step problems using whole numbers, fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals.
GLE 0506.3.1
Understand and use order of operations.
GLE 0506.3.2
Develop and apply the concept of variable.
GLE 0506.3.3
Understand and apply the substitution property.
GLE 0606.1.1
Use mathematical language, symbols, and definitions while developing mathematical reasoning.
GLE 0606.2.1
Understand and explain the procedures for multiplication and division of fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals.
GLE 0606.2.2
Solve multi-step mathematical, contextual and verbal problems using fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals.
GLE 0606.2.4
Understand and convert between fraction, decimal, and percent forms of rational numbers.
GLE 0606.2.5
Develop meaning for integers; represent and compare quantities with integers.
GLE 0606.3.1
Write and solve two-step equations and inequalities.
GLE 0606.3.2
Interpret and represent algebraic relationships with variables in expressions, simple equations and inequalities.
GLE 0606.3.3
Extend order of operations to include grouping symbols and exponents.
GLE 0606.3.4
Use expressions, equations and formulas to solve problems.
GLE 0606.3.5
Use multiple representations including symbolic algebra to model and/or solve contextual problems that involve linear relationships.
SPI 0406.3.1
Use letters and symbols to represent an unknown quantity and write a simple mathematical expression
SPI 0506.2.8
Write terminating decimals in the form of fractions or mixed numbers.
SPI 0506.2.9
Compare whole numbers, decimals and fractions using the symbols , and =.
SPI 0506.3.1
Evaluate algebraic expressions involving decimals and fractions using order of operations.
SPI 0506.3.2
Use variables appropriately to represent numbers whose values are not yet known.
SPI 0506.3.3
Find the unknown in single-step equations involving fractions and mixed numbers.
SPI 0606.2.1
Solve problems involving the multiplication and division of fractions.
SPI 0606.2.2
Solve problems involving the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of mixed numbers.
SPI 0606.2.3
Solve problems involving the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals.
SPI 0606.2.4
Solve multi-step arithmetic problems using fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals.
SPI 0606.2.7
Locate positive rational numbers on the number line.
SPI 0606.2.8
Locate integers on the number line.
SPI 0606.3.1
Represent on a number line the solution of a linear inequality.
SPI 0606.3.2
Use order of operations and parentheses to simplify expressions and solve problems.
SPI 0606.3.3
Write equations that correspond to given situations or represent a given mathematical relationship.
SPI 0606.3.4
Rewrite expressions to represent quantities in different ways.
SPI 0606.3.5
Translate between verbal expressions/sentences and algebraic expressions/equations.
SPI 0606.3.8
Select the qualitative graph that models a contextual situation (e.g., water filling then draining from a bathtub).
TSS.Math.5.NF.B.5
Interpret multiplication as scaling (resizing).
TSS.Math.5.NF.B.6
Solve real-world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.
TSS.Math.5.NF.B.7
Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions.
TSS.Math.5.OA.A.1
Use parentheses and/or brackets in numerical expressions and evaluate expressions having these symbols using the conventional order (Order of Operations).
TSS.Math.6.EE.A.1
Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
TSS.Math.6.EE.A.2
Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which variables stand for numbers.
TSS.Math.6.EE.A.3
Apply the properties of operations (including, but not limited to, commutative, associative, and distributive properties) to generate equivalent...
TSS.Math.6.EE.B.5
Understand solving an equation or inequality is carried out by determining if any of the values from a given set make the equation or inequality true. Use...
TSS.Math.6.EE.B.6
Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can represent an...
TSS.Math.6.EE.B.7
Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving onestep equations of the form x + p = q and px = q for cases in which p, q, and x are all...
TSS.Math.6.EE.B.8
Interpret and write an inequality of the form x > c or x < c which represents a condition or constraint in a real-world or mathematical problem. Recognize...
TSS.Math.6.EE.C.9
Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another.
TSS.Math.6.NS.A.1
Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve contextual problems involving division of fractions by fractions (e.g., using visual fraction models...
TSS.Math.6.NS.B.3
Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using a standard algorithm for each operation.
TSS.Math.6.NS.C.5
Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below...
TSS.Math.6.NS.C.7
Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers.
 
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Learning objectives: 

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  • Identify and name key parts of a flowering plant (roots, stem, leaf, sepals, stamens, carpel, ovary, stigma] and describe their functions. 
  • Discover the importance of bees and other pollinators in pollination.
  • Dramatise the life cycle of a flowering plant.

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Understanding

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