Plant Growth

What does a seed need to grow into a plant? What is inside a seed? In a fun and engaging lesson plan, young scientists learn all about what it takes for a seed to become a plant as they listen to a story, examine the inside of a...

Plant growth experiments offer rich, cross-curricular learning opportunities that can really excite and engage young learners. In this series, children work in pairs planting, measuring, and comparing the height of bean plants in order...

Children gain first-hand experience with Native American agriculture while investigating the life cycle of plants with this engaging experiment. Focusing on what the natives called the Three Sisters - corn, beans, and squash - young...

What better way to learn about plant life than by creating a class garden? Young botanists start with a brief discussion about radishes before planting seeds and watching them grow. To determine the importance of water, sunlight, and...

Turn your classroom into a greenhouse with a lesson on plant growth. First, investigate the different parts of seeds, identifying the seed coat, cotyledon, and embryo. Then plant the seeds and watch them grow! Measure the new plants...

To understand how climate regions affect crops, young gardeners keep a weather journal and observe the growth patterns of various plants over the school year.

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 activity that is actually quite good! There is meaningful...

Students conduct an experiment. In this plant growth instructional activity, students answer the question, "Will the fertilized plant grow faster?" by planting seeds in various soils and observing their growth. Students use an...

Students explain the stages of the plant growth cycle, and create a slide show to chart the stages of growth.

Second graders observe images of prairie ecosystems and discuss the needs of living things. They create a prairie habitat in a closed jar to observe the water cycle and plant growth.