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Orange Exploration

This document outlines a lesson plan for students to analyze the internal and external structures of an orange. Students will use their five senses to explore and describe an orange, discussing how its features help it survive and grow, such as how its peel protects it from insects.

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Orange Exploration

This document outlines a lesson plan for students to analyze the internal and external structures of an orange. Students will use their five senses to explore and describe an orange, discussing how its features help it survive and grow, such as how its peel protects it from insects.

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Name: Julia Ellerbe

Grade: 4th grade Date: 1/21/22


Standards/Grade Level Expectations/Evidence Outcomes
Disciplinary Core Ideas - Physical Science
LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
● LS1.A: Structure and Function
○ Elementary School (3-5)

Colorado Academic Standards


Fourth Grade, Standard 2. Life Science
● Organisms have both internal and external structures that serve various functions.
○ Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external
structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior and reproduction.
Materials needed:
● orange
● paper towels
● science notebook
Objectives:
Students will analyze the structure of an orange to compile evidence of internal and external
features that support the orange in survival and growth.
Anticipatory Set/Motivational Technique:
Setup:
● Give each student an orange
● For 5 minutes or less, have students write down in their science notebook details
about their orange
● When finished, have students return the oranges to you and circle up around the
classroom with their journals
● Mix up the oranges
● Ask a student or two to volunteer to share what they wrote with the class then try to
find their orange in the pile you have made

The students will be able to see it is hard to find their orange without extreme detail about
its features.

● Have students return to their seats


● Return an orange to each student
Procedures:
Exploration:
● On the board, modal a chart for them to write in their journals to further explore their
orange
● Example Table:
Using our Five Senses to Explore an Orange
Taste Smell Sight Touch Hear

● Have students explore the inside and outside of an orange


○ Have them write 5 to 10 descriptive words for each sense
○ When students explore the inside, have the students use paper towels to create
less of a mess
● Have students discuss in small groups what features of the orange protect itself from
insects
○ Anticipated answers:
■ the peel
■ the strong taste and smell of the peel
● Whole group discussion: discuss what different groups thought about how the orange
protects itself
○ Depending on the level of students, you can share with students the chemical
limonene that is in the rind that suffocates and damages an insects respiratory
system.
Closure/Review:
Exit ticket:
● Have students write down one of the words they used to describe an orange from
their 5 senses chart and something they learned from the lesson.
Homework/Assignments/Extension Activities:
● Exit Ticket
Assessment:
● science notebook
○ Did the student fill out the 5 senses chart with 5 or more descriptive words in
each box?
● participation
○ Did the student actively participate in group discussion and/or whole group
discussion?
Adaptations:
● change the fruit if any students are allergic to oranges
Resources:

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