What Affects Plant Growth

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Description: Following the hands-on learning exercise, students will be able to correctly list all 9 factors needed for plants to grow healthy and properly.
Grade Levels: 6-8
Keywords: plant growth, plants, soils and plant growth
Lesson Area: Soils and Plant Growth
Resource Type: Activity

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
PreK-2 LS1.C: Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms Animals obtain food they need from plants or other animals. Plants need water and light.
3-5 LS1.C: Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms Food provides animals with the materials and energy they need for body repair, growth, warmth, and motion. Plants acquire material for growth chiefly from air, water, and process matter and obtain energy from sunlight, which is used to maintain conditions necessary for survival.
6-8 LS1.C: Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms Plants use the energy from light to make sugars through photosynthesis. Within individual organisms, food is broken down through a series of chemical reactions that rearrange molecules and release energy.
9-12 LS1.C: Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms The hydrocarbon backbones of sugars produced through photosynthesis are used to make amino acids and other molecules that can be assembled into proteins or DNA. Through cellular respiration, matter and energy flow through different organizational levels of an organism as elements are recombined to form different products and transfer energy.
6-8 LS2.B: Cycles of matter and energy transfer in ecosystems The atoms that make up the organisms in an ecosystem are cycled repeatedly between the living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem. Food webs model how matter and energy are transferred among producers, consumers, and decomposers as the three groups interact within an ecosystem.