Week 2: Growing and Measuring Plants

Children listen to the book, One Bean, by Anne Rockwell and place pictures of a growing bean plant in sequential order.

Children build a model of a tomato plant, showing the parts of a plant. They design, test, and revise a support structure that will keep a model tomato plant upright.

Children build a model of a tomato plant, showing the parts of a plant. They design, test, and revise a support structure that will keep a model tomato plant upright.

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 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 arrange Bean Growth Sequence Cards in the correct order to show how a bean grows from seed to mature plant.

Children throw a giant die and remove cards from a game board if the die shows a source of water or light that will help a plant grow.

Children explore a virtual farm and discover how a balance of light and water helps plants grow. In the Kitchen, they make salad from vegetables that are leaves, stems, roots, and fruits.

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

Children review the plant support solutions they designed to help their tomato plants stand tall.