In order to teach the benchmark related to sexual reproduction in flowers (oh yes, it's great fun to teach a bunch of 10 year olds about SC.4.L.16.1...) we dissect flowers in my classroom. I can't take credit for the entire lesson - that belongs to CPALM: Dissect It! This lesson is a really great one, but I've modified it to meet my own needs - as teachers do. The first thing I do is start out with an introduction using the PowerPoint from the CPALMS website. Then, we dig into a flower…
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