"Greenhouse" Sprouts Garden

As part of an exploration of plants, learners engage in projects to design greenhouses, grow vegetables, and other endeavors. This 20 question activity packet could be used as a classroom mini-lesson or as the start to a long-term project.

Young scholars explain chemical, cultural and biological weed control methods. They design and conduct an experiment to simulate a weed control method and explore various ways to prevent weed dispersal.

Students make paper to be used for a greeting card. In this recycling ecology lesson, students make recycled paper from torn pieces of newspaper and water. Students decorate the paper and send it as a greeting card. Paper-making...

Young foresters examine the strategies, like prescribed burns and thinning, that are employed to ensure healthy forests.

Students germinate seeds under a variety of conditions. First, students read and discuss the background of gardening. After reviewing germination and the steps to the scientific method, groups of students complete experiments.

For this 4-H garden project worksheet set, student study the parts of seeds and plants. They make a mini-greenhouse. They complete a career scavenger hunt, tools word search, and experiment to learn more about the effect of water on seed...

First graders examine seeds. In this Science lesson, 1st graders classify and dissect seeds. Students sprout their own seeds in the classroom.

Learners discover gardening by documenting plants grown on school grounds.  In this botany lesson, students utilize digital cameras to capture images of plants on photo hikes which are turned into a slide show.  Learners plant a garden...

Students demonstrate how to grow and care for plants.  In this plant biology activity, students participate in a discussion of the parts of a seed, plant the seed, and care for the plant as it grows. 

Examine seed classification, seed growth, and plant parts and function. Your class will record plant growth and plant changes using both science and math skills.