Lesson Planning
Plant cress seeds and put them to one side to germinate and grow.
Children will:
- Look at and compare seeds from different plants.
- Learn that seeds produce plants and that water is essential for this action.
Let's Grow with Water
Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of
Awareness Days World Water Day
Objectives
Science
- Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.
(Note: Seeds and bulbs need water to grow but most do not need light; seeds and bulbs have a store of food inside them.)
Provided Resources
- Suggested timetable
- Napoga's story
You Will Need
- Collection of different seeds in their packets
- Fruit containing seeds
- Knives and chopping boards
- Cress seeds, small plastic recycled yoghurt pots, cotton wool, water in plant watering can or small jug, labels and waterproof pens
- Seed journals
- Eddie's Garden: and How to Make Things Grow’ by Sarah Garland
- ‘Oliver's Vegetables’ by Vivian French
- ‘Grandpa's Garden’ by Stella Fry
Weblinks
How to grow cress and ideas for decorating containers from mudpiefridays.com