For this assignment, I asked my 6th grade students to pretend they were botanists who had recently discovered a new, never before been seen plant.
The students had to document their findings and include the following key pieces of information:
- plant's name
- plant's basic needs
- how the plant's needs are met
- where the plant lives
- a colored illustration of the plant in it's natural habitat
- an illustration showing the principal parts of the plant's anatomy (text features like labels, captions, maps, bold words, subheading, and more)
Then the student's had to create a paper mache' model of the plant using a plastic bottle, cardboard, and masking tape. Below are the student's examples:
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