Seeds and Dirt and Worms!!!! Oh My!!!

Even when I was little I've always had a bit of a green thumb. I loved to be able to dig in the dirt and plant my seeds, watering them every few day. I had a garden on the side of my house when I was little, I would grow carrots and green beans and strawberries, along with a few herbs. I would get really excited when I first saw the green sprouts showing, letting me know that my work was not in vain. To be alive, i believe that something must interact with it's environment, completing an action in a way. With this broad reasoning, not only animals are included in this 'alive' term, but also plants. These types of lessons are those than can be taught over the span of a few days, or even a few weeks. The point of these lessons is that you keep building upon an idea, or a questions throughout the days, discovering new things and going back to change a conclusion if proven wrong. Working in groups or with partners is a really important experience for children to have. By being in a group, students explore together throughout the lesson, and each has their own contributions or input to have. By working in groups, students may learn things that they would have missed if working by themselves, the collaboration is also an important skill for children to work on. Group work is essential in a classroom, in order to be successful  in life you have to know how to work well with others.