Curated OER
Let it Grow
Third graders observe plants and seeds. In this lesson, about growth, 3rd graders analyze seeds to understand how plants grow. Students water and maintain the seeds and record observations. Students will complete three activities during...
Curated OER
Growing Plants
Students explore plants and recognize that they are living things that require light and water to grow. In this online plant biology lesson, students identify, name and match the parts of plants. Extension activities and suggested...
Starfall
Planting Seeds
In this literacy learning exercise, learners use a word bank to create a story about planting seeds.
University of Southern California
Discovering Plants
Students construct a small greenhouse and plant lima beans. They read books about plants, tend the lima bean seedlings, observe and record plant growth, taste a variety of plants and maintain plant journals.
Other
National Science Digital Library: Smile: Habitat Overcrowding
Experiment with crowd control in a garden. Students will test what happens to radish plants observing who survives, who gets the most food, water and sunlight.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: Activities: Grow a Garden in a Glove
Check out this step-by-step experiment and, before you know it, you'll be growing a garden in a glove.
TVOntario
Tvo Kids: Games: Get Growing
Choose and plant your seeds, and then give them everything they need to grow in this interactive garden.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Determining Percent of Seed Germination
In this project, students will conduct an experiment to determine the percentage of seed that will germinate in a given time frame. Students will produce charts and graphs to represent the results algebraically. Mathematics and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Claim Testers: Episode 3 Planting Seeds
The claim-testing gang find themselves in a bind and conduct their own experiment to show how agriculture leads to more complex societies.