Organisms
	Integration Ideas and Activities
	Lesson 13 Freshwater and Woodland Plants: How Do They Compare?

Lesson	Activities to Consider	Tools
13	Mathematics
	Homework connection: Create a graph of their families' favorite fruits; give students a copy of the take-home activity in manual, page 160 or use Favorite Foods Chart; generate a class graph of data and analyze
	Create a math learning center with activities that invite students to develop number sense or to practice addition combinations; write simple math stories for others to solve; compile into a booklet or computer presentation; draw to illustrate the story
	Language Arts
	Read and share books related to ways plants are helpful to us: From Tree to Table by Ali Mitgutsch Corn Is Maize by Aliki Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Create a board or computer presentation to illustrate ways plants are helpful or make a "Plants Are Helpful" wheel
	Read and share ideas of how animals depend on plants for many things; take a nature walk and discover for themselves the dependence; share finding from home The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt The Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson