Week 4: Places Plants Grow

In the video, children mark off a small space on the ground outside, then look very closely to see what living things they can find in that space.

Children chant and act out the steps of planting and tending to a bean seed and watching it grow.

Children visit a digital community garden and help protect the strawberries from being eaten by bunnies. They design solutions to keep the bunnies away from the strawberry plants, and explore and test different materials as they play.

Children measure the tallest plant, build a cube tower to the same height, and predict how tall the plant will be the next time they measure it.

Children photograph and describe their bean plants in a bag. Then they take a photo and discuss their bean plants growing in soil. Once a bean plant has emerged from the soil, they also record the plant’s measurement.

Children visit a digital community garden and help protect the strawberries from being eaten by bunnies. They design solutions to keep the bunnies away from the strawberry plants, and explore and test different materials as they play.

Children observe and draw pictures of Class Garden plants, showing a seed and the plant that has grown from that seed.

Children view photos and measurements of their bean seeds and bean plants taken on different days. They discuss how the seeds and plants have changed and grown, and pose questions.

In the video, children mark off a small space on the ground outside, then look very closely to see what living things they can find in that space.

Following the example in the video Exploring Small Spaces, children look very closely at a small patch of ground to see what living things they can discover.

Children reflect on their discoveries as they view photos and videos from the Nature Scavenger Hunt and Let’s Explore a Small Space activities.