Plants Flowers / Explorer (Seed Sort)

Seed Sort
Students will examine seeds for similarities and differences.

Materials

• a variety of seeds, ask students to bring some from home
• large pieces of paper
• markers

Method

1. Split class into groups of three or four.
2. Give each group a large number of seeds and ask them to draw two circles on a piece of paper. Try to organize the seeds into two distinctive groups (ie. smooth and bumpy, long and round, fruits and vegetables, etc.). No seed can be left over.
3. Have each group share their categorization technique.
4. Now draw another circle on the paper. Try organizing seeds into three distinctive groups.
5. Have each group share their categorization technique.
6. As a challenge try even more groups.