This document outlines a 5-day unit plan for teaching 7th grade science students about plant growth and reproduction. The unit objectives are for students to plant and care for beans, describe phototropism, differentiate sporophytes from gametophytes, categorize flower parts, and demonstrate robotic skills with 95% accuracy. Each day will focus on a different learning activity like planting beans, a video on flower parts with a Facebook response, a webquest with blog responses, a game to compare differences using Voki, and observations of ANGIO-BOTS and bean plants. Various technologies are incorporated including a robotic kit, SMART Board, online tools, videos, and podcasts.

1. Plant Growth
and
Reproduction
A Unit Plan
By Jameson Sebastian

2. About The Learner
 7th grade Science Students
 Ages 12-14
 Various backgrounds and home settings
 Some with ADHD
 Enjoy “hands on” approaches

3. Objective
 At the end of the 5 day unit students will
be able to
 Plant and Nourish a Bean
 Describe “Phototropism”
 Differentiate Sporophytes from
Gametophytes
 Categorize the parts of flower
 Demonstrate robotic skills
 All with 95% Accuracy

4. Daily Breakdown
 “Bean Planting”
 Parts of the Flower Video/ Facebook
Response
 WebQuest with Blogger response
 What’s the Difference Game using Voki
 ANGIO-BOTS and Bean Observations
 * Each Day will use Twitter as a “Bell Ringer”

5. Technology used
 Hummingbird Robotic Kit
 SMART Board
 Glogster
 Facebook/Twitter/Blogger
 Voki
 YouTube
 Podacasts

6. Works Cited
 Brooker, Robert J.. "An Introduction to
Flowering Plant Form and Function."
Biology. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill,
2011. . Print.