Thursday, September 4, 2008

3rd grade: History of the World - #3 creation

Lesson 3

The 3rd day of the world


God made grass, herbs, and trees with seeds.

It was good.


Helping plants grow well

1. What a plant needs to grow

  • A plant needs air, light, warmth, water and nutrients to grow well.
  • A healthy plant is upright with green leaves.

Illustration of healthy plant with lots of green leaves

  • A seed will not produce a plant at all if it is kept too cold. The seed needs warmth to germinate and start to grow into a healthy plant.

Illustration of empty plant pot

  • A plant that is kept in a dark place will grow tall and spindly in search of light and then become weak and die.

Illustration of tall spindly plant with withering yellow leaves

  • A plant that is not watered will have a weak stem and dried up leaves and will eventually die.

Illustration of plant bending over, some of leaves dropped off, remaining ones dried up

2. What different parts of plants do

  • The roots of a plant take up water and nutrients from the soil. The roots also keep the plant steady and upright in the soil; they "anchor" the plant.
  • The stem carries water and nutrients to different parts of the plant.
  • The leaves use light from the sun, along with carbon dioxide from the air and water to make food for the plant. This process is called photosynthesis.

Illustration of plant with roots, stem and leaves labelled



Genesis 1

11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

13And the evening and the morning were the third day.

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