Seeds of Change

Get your class outside to observe their surroundings with a lesson plan highlighting weather patterns and seasonal changes. First, learners take a weather walk to survey how the weather affects animals, people, plants, and trees during...

Students sort seeds based on physical characteristics. In this seed sorting lesson, students examine the many different properties of seeds. Students create a sorting rule and collaborate on the sorting. Students change rules and the...

Students investigate relationships between plants and animals and how living things change during their lives. In this life cycle lesson, students split different types of seeds apart to see the beginning life stages of future plants.

Students participate in several activities on seed exploration. For this biology lesson, students classify seeds according to their dispersal method. They explain the different adaptations plant have to disperse their seeds.

Quiz your kids on how various plants get their seeds dispersed and ready to bloom. They will answer either wind, animal, water, or explosion as a mode of dispersal for the seeds of eight different plants. Tip: Customize this presentation...

What a great way to study plants and seeds! Learners complete an experiment involving a seed, and then head to the computer lab to draw a picture of their results. By incorporating educational software, KidPix, this activity becomes a...

Students understand the importance of saving seeds. In this saving seeds instructional activity, students dry out seeds for later use planting. Students recognize that one plant may have many seeds.

Can you tell the difference between a male and a female pinecone? Seed dispersal and plant pollination, that's the focus of this investigation. Your class will discuss the differences between male and female pine cones then use...

A cross-curricular expository writing lesson has third and fourth graders listen to and discuss the book The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss. They write a journal entry from the perspective of a carrot seed. Pupils use the writing process to...

Students examine how seeds germinate in a culture.  In this germination lesson students germinate seeds in gelatin and observe the growth of the plant.