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"Five Little Seeds"

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Fourth graders complete various activities related to the plant life cycle. They read the book "The Tiny Seed," read and discuss the poem "Five Little Seeds," complete a "Plantenstein Mystery" and other online activities, write and illustrate a plant life cycle comic strip, take a field trip to a wildlife refuge, and dissect beans and seeds.

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plant life cycles, plants, life cycles, seeds

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plants and seeds, seeds, science
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4th
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Science
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