Grade 5 Lesson plan
Tannerly Orchard's Drip Lines: Where a Peach Tree's Mass Comes From
A grade 5 science lesson where students weigh evidence that a peach tree is built from air and water, then multiply decimals to compare drip and flood watering.
NGSS · Grade 5
5-LS1-1 Argue that plants grow chiefly from air and water
Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.
Clarification statement: Emphasis is on the idea that plant matter comes mostly from air and water, not from the soil.
Why water teaches this standard well
Water is half the answer to where a plant's mass comes from, which makes this standard a bridge to irrigation and agriculture. Once students accept that crops are built largely from water, the enormous water footprint of farming, and why agriculture uses most of the world's fresh water, becomes easy to appreciate.
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