The students learn to appreciate the deversity of life in the plant kingdom. They become familiar with the structures of flowering plants and discover ways to propagate new plants from mature plants.
Students grow plants from seed and observe life cycles.
They grow new plants from cuttings, bulbs, and roots, and monitor growth. A major focus of this unit is the study of extinction and ways to prevent extinction in the future. Insects Introduces students to the life sequences of a number of insects. Darkling beetles, milkweed bugs, wax moths, silk moths, painted lady butterflies, crickets, and ants are a few of the organisms observed over time. Students oberve and compare insect structures and behaviors in different stages of the life cycle, discuss and record findings, and pose questions to be resolved.