1.13 Creating a New Plant From Cuttings
This is Lesson 1.13 (“Creating a New Plant from Cuttings”) in the Plants and Gardening unit of the National FFA Grow Your PALS Program Guide, a mentoring program resource. Through two hands-on experiments—taking and rooting stem cuttings and observing water movement in a bottled plant—mentors teach younger PALS how a new plant develops from a single cutting and how plants take in and give off water (translocation and transpiration).
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Explain how a new plant develops from a single cutting.
- Explain that plants take in and give off water.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 30 minutes (divided into two 15-minute lessons with a five-day break between).
- Materials
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- Small containers – two
- Potting soil
- Gravel
- A thin stick or pencil
- Several large plants to take cuttings (impatiens, jade plants or ivy)
- Plastic bags
- Rubber bands
- Scissors
- A large plastic bottle
- A green plant
- A ruler
- A marker
- Plain piece of drawing paper – one per student
- Colored pencils/markers/crayons
- Unit
- Plants and Gardening
- Lesson Type
- Small Group
- Precepts
- G. Physical Growth — G1. Practice healthy eating habits
- Resources
- National FFA Organization. (2003). LifeKnowledge Precepts and Signs of Success
- Key Terms
- Cutting, Node, Transpiration, Translocation
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.01.01.01.a.Work productively with a group or independently.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.K-4.3Life Science
- PS.01.02.02.bIdentify root tissues and explain the pathway of water and nutrients into and through the root tissues.
- PS.01.02.03.cApply concepts associated with translocation to the management of plants.
- PS.03.01.03.bDemonstrate proper procedures in budding or grafting selected materials.