Our Learning Garden - Grade Lesson 1-6 “Pea Shoots ”

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Our Learning Garden - Grade Lesson 1-6Pea ShootsOurourlearninggarden.caLesson Summary- Lesson 1 -Grade 1 students learn about common characteristics that they share with the plant world and animal world. How we share a common need for water, air, sun and soil.Students engage in many interactive activities, including beading bracelets with each color representing a life force. 1-0-6,1-1-05Lesson 2-Students will learn to recognize that plants as living entities, come in different forms.Lesson 3, 4, 5 Students will germinate and grow, harvest and eat Pea shoots.

Critical thinking and observation skills are developed when observing and recording (drawings) the life cycle of the pea shoot. From seed to edible harvested plant. Students will record and observe how the plants are effected when you remove various life forces.Lesson 3,4,5 covers the science curriculum outcomes required in Grade 1 Plant investigationsAll lesson plans and related files for download - ourlearninggarden.ca FILES ARE OPEN PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHANGE THEM AS YOU WISH1SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES Cluster 11-1-06 Observe and identify similarities in life processes between themselves and other living things.GLO: D1, E11-1-07 Recognize that plants, animals, and humans, as living things, have particular needs. Examples: plants need sunlight and water....Examples: the environment provides humans and other living things with food...GLO: D2, E21-1-14 Show respect for living things in their immediate environment.GLO: B5

Ourourlearninggarden.caGrade 1, Cluster 4: Daily and Seasonal Changes By observing their environment, students become aware of changes that can occur within it, such as changes in temperature, wind, and light, and in plant and animal life. GLO: D4, E4 Recognize that the Sun is a source of light and heat.1-4-08 Investigate and describe changes that occur incharacteristics and behaviors of living thingsthroughout a day

The activities related to growing Peas Shoots foster critical thinking and observation as the students can control the environment that the pea shoots grow in.Enhanced curriculum students can control, light (sunlight), water and temperature.

Ourourlearninggarden.caHealth Education -Healthy Lifestyle PracticesOurourlearninggarden.caIntroducing students to the concept of growing food indoors /gardens teaches them to make informed decisions for healthy living related to personal health practices, active living and healthy nutritional practices.

4Growing Pea Shoots Indoors Meets following curriculum requirements Students can investigate and determine how plants grow and what is necessary for thisStudents can keep journals and observe with illustrations and words the growth pattern in the plants with respect to time, temperature, light, water and soil.

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ourlearninggarden.caGrade 1 Kit Contents Lesson Plan 1- Different colored beads, and string

Lesson Plan 2 None required

Lesson Plan 3 - None required

Lesson Plan 4 Dry Peas , paper or Styrofoam cups and water

Lesson Plan 5, 6, 7 Dry Peas , soil, pots (use the cups) to grow seeds in, light source to place planted seeds in pots under

ourlearninggarden.caLesson 1-Grade 1 Cluster 1: TreesLesson has activities and images that illustrate the 1-1-06 the similarities in life processes between themselves and other living things.Students engage in many interactive activities, including beading bracelets with each color representing a life force. 1-0-6,1-1-05

GLO: D1, E11-1-07 Recognize that plants, animals, and humans, as living things, have particular needs. Examples: plants need sunlight and water....


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10Ourourlearninggarden.caSeeds SleepAnimals SleepPeople Sleep

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Seeds are called dormant when they are not growing. Dormant is like sleeping.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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PLANTSANIMALSPEOPLEneed WaterAirSunlightOurourlearninggarden.ca13

Humans, animals and plants all need air, sun and water to liveAirSunWaterOurourlearninggarden.ca

Can you guess what the different color beads represent?Ourourlearninggarden.ca

Can you guess what the different color beads represent?

Blue is for water, Green is for airYellow is for the sunRed is for the soil, why is soil important for plant, animals and people?


Would you like to make a bracelet with the different colored beads?Please print what the different color beads represent.Ourourlearninggarden.ca

Humans, animals and plants all need air, sun, soil and water to live.Should we all take good care of the earth if we need air, sun, soil and water to live?AirSunWaterSoilOurourlearninggarden.caOurourlearninggarden.caContinues with the theme of 1-1-06 observing and identifying similarities in life processes between themselves and other living things.GLO: D1, E11-1-07 Recognize that plants, animals, and humans, as living things, have particular needs. Examples: plants need sunlight and water.We expand on these concepts by changing the states of a plant from dormant (sleeping) to germinating (awake).Students are also introduced to the concept of sunflower plants following the sun (heliotropism). See the video

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Are seeds alive? Sleep (dormant)Dream about ?Wake up (germinate)Grow when planted


If a plant can move and follow the sun, is it alive?If a plant can grow is it alive?If a plant can make food is it alive?


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We are ALIVE

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Short Life 2 months

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Long LifeStrawberry plants can live for up to 50 years.


Plants are alive, just like people and animals. How do we know this? Living things all do certain things:They grow and die.They need energy, nutrients, air, and water. They produce young. (Example sunflower seeds)They are made up of cells.They react to what's around them (Example sunflowers follow the sun)Ourourlearninggarden.ca25Click here to advance Link to film

Go to File Folder Videos-How time flies and sunflowers catch the sunThe movie is 2 minutes26Ourourlearninggarden.caMany activities and concepts to help students develop a respect for living things in their immediate environment. 1-1-14GLO: B5

Lesson Plan 327If a seed is alive should we respect it?Ourourlearninggarden.ca

28If an animal is alive should we respect it?Ourourlearninggarden.ca

29Ourourlearninggarden.caWe should respect all that is living

30Ourourlearninggarden.caShould we decide if one is more important than the other?

31Ourourlearninggarden.caOur Elders teaches us to respect all equally? What do you think that means?

32Ourourlearninggarden.caCan you show us how to respect all using words and or a drawing?

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Lets draw a picture of a seedOurourlearninggarden.caRemember to respect the seed as it is alive34

Lets draw a picture of a pea seedOurourlearninggarden.ca

35Lesson Plan 4Ourourlearninggarden.caThe indoor growing activities (pea shoots) reinforce how we can control our environment to grow healthy foodThe germination of seeds reinforces the concept of seeds being aliveGLO: D2, E2

36Lets wake up some pea seeds.Seeds start to germinate (wake up) from water or Sunlight


Lets wake up some peasOurourlearninggarden.caJust add some water and soak them overnight

38Observe what happensOurourlearninggarden.caDraw a picture of the pea seed after it has been in water overnight .Compare it your first picture before it was put in the waterIs it different?39Ourourlearninggarden.caLets put the seeds that have been in water overnight in a cup. Make holes in the bottom of the cup with your pencil. Make a lid for the cup with paper or cardboard.

40Ourourlearninggarden.caTry to rinse them 2 or 3 times a dayRinse the seeds that are in the cup

41Ourourlearninggarden.caStudents experience the living seeds as they observe them sprouting.After sprouting for 2 days the seeds can be planted.Students plant the seeds and observe how seeds grow under different conditions.Students learn about different plants that are edible and how animals eat similar plants and seeds

Lesson Plan 5, 6 ,7 are combined as the growing activities takes 10 -14days42Ourourlearninggarden.caDraw a pictureDay 1 in the cupObserve the peas

43Ourourlearninggarden.caDraw a pictureDay 2 in the cupObserve the peas

44Ourourlearninggarden.caDraw a pictureDay 2 or 3 in the cupObserve the peas

45Ourourlearninggarden.caThe peas look ready to plantDay 3 in the cupObserve the peas


Let plant some peasPlant some of the peas and cover soil

Plant some of the peas and put the root in the soil.Do not cover the seed.47

WaterOurourlearninggarden.caAdd a little water

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SunlightOurourlearninggarden.caYou can use indoor light to replace the sun


Peas with just the root in soil

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Which one is growing better?

The root is in soilPeas covered soil51Ourourlearninggarden.ca

Water but no soil52Ourourlearninggarden.ca

Water but no soil

Soil and water53Ourourlearninggarden.ca

Which seed is growing the most?54Ourourlearninggarden.ca

Why is the seed with soil growing more?55What are your favorite plants to eat?


Activity students can print and draw pictures of their favorite plants to eat56

Lettuce, Celery, Spinach or Pea Shoots are the leaves of the plant?


Activity students can print and draw pictures of their favorite plants to eat57Are you a leaf eater?What animals eat leaves?


Koala BearActivity students can print and draw pictures of their favorite plants to eat58Are you a Seed eater?, corn, sunflowers, beans, peas, lentils

Ourourlearninggarden.caWhat animals eat seeds?

Ourourlearninggarden.caWhat animals eat seeds?

Ourourlearninggarden.caBear eating berries.

Ourourlearninggarden.caDo you eat berries?Ourourlearninggarden.ca

Ourourlearninggarden.ca INFORMATION FOR THE TEACHER What are Pea Shoots? Pea shoots are the choice leaves and tendrils of pea plants. Pea shoots are harvested from the growing point of the plants and should be young and tender. Choose shoots that include the top pair of small leaves (the tip), delicate tendrils attached to the young stem, and maybe a few larger leaves or even blossoms. Select shoots that look fresh and crisp. Choose ones that are bright green and undamaged. Storage Pea shoots are fragile and best used within one to two days of harvesting. Keep them wrapped in paper towels in an open plastic bag in the vegetable bin of the refrigerator. Using Pea Shoots Rinse pea shoots in cool water, drain and let dry. Remove any stems that look coarse. Pea shoots can be eaten raw or lightly cooked. To cook, place damp pea shoots in an empty saucepan over medium heat. The water clinging to the damp shoots is enough to steam them. Percent of Recommended Amounts Needed for AdultsPer Day -2-cups of pea shootsPotassium -3% Folate -10.5% Vitamin C -35.5% Thiamin- 5.75% Vitamin A -15% Riboflavin -7% Vitamin E -8.75% Vitamin B-6 4.75% Vitamin K-132% Fiber -3.5% Pea shoots are packed full of carotenesstrong antioxidants that protect cells from damage and help prevent certain diseases. Pea shoots may also contain valuable phytochemicals. Certain pea plants have these natural disease fighters, but it is not known whether garden peas contain them. The phytochemicals found in other types of pea plants include lignins, a flavonoid called quercetin, and caffeic acid. Researchers believe these substances help prevent cancer in different ways and have other beneficial health effects. 64Ourourlearninggarden.ca

Peas Shoots Taste Great!They taste like peas.The class can harvest and taste the delicate, juicy leaves or shoots of young pea plants.Remember to wash the leaves before eating65Lets let them grow and eat the pea shootsOurourlearninggarden.ca

66Ourourlearninggarden.caLets plant some of the sprouted peas in a garden outside and then we will have fresh peas to eat.In the spring time

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Ourourlearninggarden.caSave some peas from your garden to plant for next yearGarden Peas68

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Our Learning Garden - Grade Lesson 1-6 “Pea Shoots ”