Experiments provide information related to the importance of light and gravity on plant growth and development.

This lesson allows students to explore horticulture within a controlled environment, a greenhouse. Students engage in hands-on activities as they grow their own plants and chart data concerning the conditions related to plant growth in a...

Each student will make his/her own mini-garden and will observe the growth and development of radishes. To help students learn about requirements for plant growth, the teacher will make four experimental gardens and place them in...

Make soil using local materials and compare plant growth in natural and student-made soil.

This set of lessons has students investigate how plants obtain energy from different sources to support their growth and development. Students conduct investigations, make predictions, and construct scientific explanations of the...

First graders will measure height of plants and record the results.

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

The lowly bean plant is a favorite subject for the study plant growth with younger students. This resource explains how to take care of a bean plant and the different stages of development it goes through.