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Seed Germination on Gelatin

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine how seeds germinate in a culture.  In this germination lesson students germinate seeds in gelatin and observe the growth of the plant.
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Curated OER

Seed Germination

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars explore the process of seed germination. In this botany lesson, students complete an experiment with seeds. Young scholars observe soaked and dry seeds. Students allow the seeds to germinate and make observations during...
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Egg People

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Here is an ingeniously clever lesson on seed germination that's sure to be a hit with your kids. In it, learners create "egg people," out of eggs, egg cartons, potting soil, grass seeds, and markers. There is also a potato version and a...
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How Toxic Is It?

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students participate in an activity in which they investigate the scientific method and seed germination as well as practice graphing and metric measuring skills. Students examine toxicity by exposing Wisconsin Fast Plants seeds to toxic...
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Starting an Indoor Container Garden from Seed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create an indoor container garden. In this container garden lesson, students explore seed germination. Students discuss edible seeds.
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Seed Germination

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students germinate a Mung Bean seed. In this seed lesson students conduct an experiment germinating a Mung Bean. They apply three different treatments to the seeds: dry, moist, and underwater incubation.
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Education Outside

Seed Saving

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
After a discussion of the factors that affect seed germination, class groups harvest and preserve seeds from the school garden.
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Curated OER

Tank Trials - Measuring Germination

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students observe and measure seed germination. In this life science lesson, students use 'tanks' to observe a set of seeds as they germinate and begin growing, make predictions, and record their data. Lesson includes background teacher...
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Seed Germination Experiments

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students plant seeds. In this seed germination experiment, students conduct an experiment where seeds can be observed and their growth documented. Students can also view a virtual web germination to record data.  This lesson includes an...
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Investigating Seed Germination and Tropisms

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students use the various steps of the scientific method to construct and carry out a detailed laboratory investigation (including a control). They demonstrate how various environmental factors may affect the process of seed germination...
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What Makes a Seed Breathe Faster?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here's a five-star lesson plan in which inquisitors conduct sophisticated experimentation with cellular respiration in plant seeds. Placing seeds in a closed system they measure the amount carbon dioxide produced and relate it to...
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Plant Power

For Teachers K - 4th
One of the most amazing processes for youngsters to witness in class is the germination of a seed, and the subsequent growth of the plant. Here is a version of this classic lesson that is actually quite good! There is meaningful...
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Academy of American Poets

Teach This Poem: "Putting in the Seed" by Robert Frost

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young botanists dig into a lesson that has them planting lima bean seeds and observing their growth. They compare their experience to that of the speaker in Robert Frost's poem, "Putting in the Seed."
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Seeds - What are Seeds?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
At minimum, beginning botanists learn the terminology used when discussion seed germination. This set of slides lists basic seed parts, requirements for germination, steps of the process, and then it differentiates between monocot and...
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Biology Junction

Seed Plants: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
One of the reasons plants found success on land relates to seed development. Scholars learn about many different forms of seeds and how they changed over time. It describes the structure and function of many different types of seeds in...
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Germination: Name that Seed

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate seeds, flowers and germinating seeds. For this germination lesson plan, students observe a stalk of corn, a corn seed, Gladiolas and glass jars containing germinating sees and plants. Young scholars answer 8...
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Growing from Seed

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
High school or college horticulturists will appreciate this PowerPoint on seed-propagation. It walks them through the science behind seed production and germination as well as the requirements for growing plants from this stage....
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Museum of Science

Garden in a Glove

For Teachers K - 6th
Calling all green thumbs! Using a clear plastic glove, pupils create a plant nursery. Learners plant different types of seeds in a moistened cotton ball that is placed into each of the fingers in the glove. Leaving the seeds there for...
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Amazing Seeds

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Three cute activities introduce youngsters to seeds and roots. In the first activity, various soaked seeds are placed in a glass so that the direction of root growth can be observed. In the second, a bag of seeds is filled with water and...
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Science Matters

Seed Adaptations for Dispersal

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
After a grand conversation about seeds, adaptation, and dispersal, scholars work collaboratively to examine seeds and record their findings on a four-column chart.  Small groups share their observations and further discuss seed...
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Time Lapse Seed Germination with the QX3 Intel Digital Microscope

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the time-lapse feature of the QX3 Intel Digital Microscope to observe germination of seeds. They use the QX3 Intel Digital microscope to create time lapse video films of seed germination experiments.
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Seed Germination

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore plants and the scientific method. In this plant growth lesson, students follow the steps in the scientific method to perform a seed germination experiment as a whole class. Students work in a group to create their own...
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Seeds & Germination

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students study the types and parts of seeds and how they have evolved.  In this germination lesson students complete experiments that show the effects of variables role in seed germination. 
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Introduction to Seed Germination

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore seed germination. In this life science lesson plan, students start seeds in Petri dishes, then observe which ones germinate and make predictions.

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