Seeds of Change

Get your class outside to observe their surroundings with a lesson 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 activity, students examine the many different properties of seeds. Students create a sorting rule and collaborate on the sorting. Students change rules and the...

Students explore seed dispersal by designing their own wind dispersed seed structure. Using one piece of paper and a box fan, they construct a seed dispersal structure, record the distance their seed travels, and answer discussion...

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...

Young scholars understand the importance of saving seeds. In this saving seeds lesson, students dry out seeds for later use planting. Young scholars 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...

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.

The concepts of a year, and the changing of the seasons are very important concepts to reinforce with young learners. Here, pre-kindergartners and kindergartners begin to understand the concept of one year, the passing of time, and the...