Assessment Plan

The purpose of this assessment plan is to evaluate and determine if the students have the knowledge of what a plant needs to grow, the different terms related to the process and ways the plants help the earth.

The learning outcome is by the end of the unit the children will be able to demonstrate an understanding of core knowledge of how a plant grows.

The assessment context will be to give the students a test that will measure their abilities to demonstrate the knowledge or skills they have gained. This test will not be a major test; just a gauge that I can use to measure if we should move on in the lesson or concentrate more on the material for a better understanding. I may use this as a pre-test now and test later to compare the results, depending on time limits.

Plants

1. What do plants need to grow?

a.         Sun

b.         Water

c.         Air

d.         All of the above

2. The definition of germinate is:

            a. what lives on dirty hands

            b. start to grow

            c. start to die

            d. the soil plants live in

3. The germination stage ends when a ____ emerges from the soil.:

            a. worm

            b. flower

            c. shoot

            d. leaf

4. The seedling's ____ push down into the soil to anchor the new plant and to absorb water and minerals from the soil.

            a. roots

            b.shoot

            c. top

            d bottom

5. The stem with new leaves pushes up toward the _____.

            a. tree tops

            b. rain

            c. clouds

            d. light

6. Roots act like straws absorbing ____and _____ from the soil.

            a. water and minerals

            b. dirt and worms

            c. stems and shoots

            d. fruit and flowers

7. Stems do many things for a plant.

            a. support the plant

            b. act like the plants plumbing system

            c. a &b

            d. all of the above

8. Leaves are designed to capture sunlight which the plant uses to make food through a process called ___________.

            a. eating

            b. irrigating

            c. photosynthesis

            d. photoshop

9. Identify three ways a plant helps the earth..

           

10. Draw and label parts of a flowered plant.

Rubric

Student’s Name:________________________

Plant Growth	Observed	Not Observed	No Opportunity to Observe
Define photosynthesis
List ways plants help the earth
Define the purpose of roots
What do plants need to grow?
Define germination
Purpose of a stem
Definition of a shoot
Draw and label parts of a flowered plant
What is the importance of light?
What do roots take from the soil?

I have chosen this rubric because it addresses the points that I am trying to convey to the students. If my assessment was a performance based assessment, my rubric could have been more in depth, requiring more information on the behalf of the student.