Learners write their own folktales based on "Cathal O'Cruachan and the Cowherd." In discussions they examine the animal symbolism in the story, as well as the characters, events, problems, and solution. With partners, they select...

Students design and create a compost pile in order to study the Nitrogen Cycle. They then use the scientific method to determine if plants grow better when they add organic matter from their compost pile to the plant's soil.

Students plant wild flowers and maintain their garden. For this wild flowers lesson plan, students pick and prepare a gardening site, plant wild flowers, and maintain it everyday.

Third graders experiment with common grass and cellular division.

Students demonstrate an understanding that the same data can lead to different interpretations and conclusions and that different interpretations and conclusions are not necessarily wrong, but can be useful in developing other scientific...

In this plants worksheet, students watch movies about plant growth and then answer multiple choice and short answer questions about them. Students answer 6 questions total.

Students conduct online research to investigate gardening and landscaping tips. They determine how they can help beautify their homes and neighborhoods.

In this plant response worksheet, students will explore the different responses plants have to different stimuli, including light and gravity. Students will complete 7 multiple choice questions and 3 fill in the blank questions.

Young scholars understand that all living things have a life cycle that includes being born, developing into an adult, reproducing, and eventually dying.

Young scholars explain that air is everywhere and discuss how living things use air.

Describes the parts of a seed and the stages in its germination. Has a few embedded ads.

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...

In this biology lab, students will investigate whether acid/acid rain affects the germination of seeds through the use of observation, experimentation, data analysis, oral presentations, and scientific writing.

Help Detective Le Plant discover how a seed grows into a plant. Students will learn to describe a seed's structure and what's needed for seed growth.

Students will observe the parts of a seed, and identify how the different parts of the seed help a plant germinate.

This ZOOMSci video segment teaches you how to germinate seeds in a plastic bag and helps you understand some of the factors that influence the germination process. [2:19]

This image from Biology by Kenneth R. Miller and Joseph Levine illustrates the five most important parts of a seed: the seed coat, the endosperm, and the embryo's primary root, cotyledon, and embryonic leaves.

In this lesson plan, pupils identify parts of seeds and the effect of fertilizer on their germination and development.

Students learn about germination, or the process by which an organism grows from a seed and witness how seeds use sun, water, and soil to turn into a fascinating head of grass.

Students will observe the germination and growth of plants from seeds over the course of several days, and record their observations in a journal.

This lesson will be introduced to the students as a part of a unit of study about plants. The students will learn to accurately diagram the parts of a seed and will predict what conditions are needed for germination.

Describes the structure of seeds, the conditions needed for seeds to germinate, and the steps involved in germination. Also discusses germination in dicots and monocots.

Nicking, filing, and soaking the seed in hot water or acid are all forms of scarification, or ways to speed up germination by breaking down the shell. Mary Koga offers some tips to spur your sprouts. [3:35]

In this lab, students investigate the effects of a variable on the germination of a small plant. They will compare the growth of their variable to a control then write a lab report to report their findings.