LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Designing a native plants garden

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/08/gk2/tggarden.html

A lesson plan for Grades K–2 Social Studies and Science

Provider: National Geographic

About this resource

Appropriate grades
K–2
Subjects
science (biology and life science, environmental science)
Provider
National Geographic

Legal

Creative Commons License

This catalog record is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. This license applies to the content of this page only and does not apply to the referenced website.

In this Xpeditions lesson, students compare native vegetation in different parts of the United States. They then explore websites to learn about native plants in their own region and design gardens containing those local plants. This lesson is based on the National Geographic feature titled “Wild World.”

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 1

  • Goal 5: The learner will express geographic concepts in real life situations.
    • Objective 5.01: Locate and describe familiar places in the home, classroom, and school.
    • Objective 5.02: Investigate key features of maps.
    • Objective 5.03: Use geographic terminology and tools to create representations of the earth's physical and human features through simple maps, models, and pictures.
    • Objective 5.06: Compare and contrast geographic features of places within various communities.

Grade 2

  • Goal 5: The learner will understand the relationship between people and geography in various communities.
    • Objective 5.03: Compare and contrast the physical features of communities and regions.
    • Objective 5.04: Identify the absolute and relative location of communities.
    • Objective 5.05: Interpret maps, charts, and pictures of locations.
    • Objective 5.06: Identify and describe the people, vegetation, and animal life specific to certain regions and describe their interdependence.

Kindergarten

  • Goal 5: The learner will express basic geographic concepts in real life situations.
    • Objective 5.01: Locate and describe familiar places in the home, school, and other environments.

Science (2005)

Grade 1

  • Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations and make observations to build an understanding of the needs of living organisms.
    • Objective 1.01: Investigate the needs of a variety of different plants:
      • Air.
      • Water.
      • Light.
      • Space.
    • Objective 1.04: Identify local environments that support the needs of common North Carolina plants and animals.
    • Objective 1.05: Discuss the wide variety of living things on Earth.