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This unit blends science, math, language and art into a single grand learning experience. There is much to observe, to calculate, to write and to draw. Your students will grow popcorn and pinto beans (the kind you buy in any grocery store), then track plant development in their personal daily journals. Over 5 weeks your class will construct their own lab equipment, compile a complete written and visual record of growth graph daily height and weight gains study how leaves photosynthesize examine the role of cotyledons in plant development learn to distinguish monocots from dicots in flowering plants, and much more. INTRODUCTION * Getting Ready * Gathering Materials * Long Range Objectives * Gaining a Whole Perspective TEACHING NOTES (5 weeks) REPRODUCIBLE LINE MASTERS * 11 pages of Lab Instructions * 12 pages of Journal Cut-Outs * Take-Home Test ( 39) Green Thumbs: CORN AND BEANS requires no special lab equipment or unusual supplies. Just photocopy the lab pages, gather simple materials (like pop corn, pinto beans, milk cartons and paper towels), and you re ready to explore TOPS Learning Systems hands-on. Publisher: TOPS Learning Systems, Inc., 1997 Author: Ron Marson Grade: 4-12 Format: 80 pages, paperback ISBN: 0-941008-49-5 - from Amzon