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Judith Lucas-Odom's picture

Fast Plants 101

I was asking myself how can I adapt this to meet my curriculum ?  I decided to use the fast plant and cabbage butterfly to investigate life cycles and environmental issues.  When I teach these areas in the late winter and spring, I will incorporate the Brassica butterflies.  I would also like to introduce the fast plants in September so that the students can write in their journals about what they see; just open inquiry, maybe even make suggestions of what might happen next.  Since I am not aware of what level I will have in the fall, I will probably do an introduction lesson and then plan for future inquiry lessons when I know my grade level.  Each time I see the fast plants, I get a new understanding and awareness of how useful fast plants can be in inquiry.  I will also tie my lessons into a multiple intelligence format.  Thanks for the inquiry lab, I learned that sometimes open inquiry,(no directions just do your own thing), can be an excellent way to find out how people think and organize information.

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