Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Plant Science Inquiry: From Seed to Flower

For Teachers K - 1st
After planting three flower seeds (same variety), students will observe changes and note details about how they grow by keeping a log book to record these changes over a period of 8-10 weeks.
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Mini Ecosystems [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson plan activity where students create a terrarium inside a plastic bottle using a Venus Flytrap and other plants. They then observe growth and changes over time.
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Tulip Gardens

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Track tulip growth as the season changes from winter to spring. See how temperature, rainfall, and sunshine affect growth and help scientists look for patterns of climate change.
Activity
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Promise of a Seed

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson, students will plant seeds, record the changes, and connect the relationship of seeds to plants. This lesson should be taught at the beginning of plant unit.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in...
Lesson Plan
Utah STEM Foundation

Utah Stem Action Center: Sunlight & Water

For Teachers K - 1st
This activity teaches kids about variables by growing three different plants from seed and explains that variables are something that can be changed in an experiment.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act. 17: Observing Plants Through a Journal

For Teachers 1st
This lesson engages students in learning about plant growth. Students will observe changes in a growing plant and then will write in their discovery journals to write observations and hypotheses about the plant growth. Students will also...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: From Seeds to Plants

For Teachers K - 1st
In this primary unit on plants, learners use observational skills to compare and discuss the changes in plants. They identify plant parts, where seeds come from, and how they grow.