"Greenhouse" Sprouts Garden

Students explore plant life by participating in an outdoor planting activity. In this botany lesson, students utilize seeds, trays and soil to plant their own plants in the school yard which they observe over the course of several days....

Young scholars explore concepts of plants they eat, where and how they grow and are introduced to genetic diversity. They examine seed characteristics, look at their different sizes, shapes and germination time. They also set up seeds...

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