Plants Flowers / Explore (Others)

Clear Garden
Let your children see how plants sprout and then form root systems. Wet paper towels and put them in clear plastic cups. Finally sprinkle radish seed on the paper towel until the seeds are clearly visible. Set the cups in the sun and keep the towels moist, you will have growth in no time

Flowers Food
Put a white carnation in a cup of colored water (darker color the better) and let your kids see how flowers drink water (the flower will take get its color changed as it takes in the water)

Growing Grass
Dampen a sponge and then put grass seed on the top of it. Next pour water over the sponge let your children watch as the grass grows over the next few weeks.

Baggie Garden
Wet a paper towel, and drop it along with six white beans into a Ziploc bag. Seal the baggie (leaving air in the bag) and put it in your window. Your children will love watching the beans grow.

"The Tiny Seed" Plant
Plant the seeds in tiny plastic cups with soil (or plastic bags with moist towels) as the seed grows you can show your children how the roots form in the soil and the plant grows above the soil. Additionally you can graph how many children think their seed will grow and how many will not. Graph their prediction and their results.

Flowers
Place a variety of flowers on the science table. The children can compare the color, shape, size, and smell of each flower.

Planting Seeds
Plant flower seeds in a styrofoam cup. Save the seed packages and mount on a piece of tagboard. Place this directly behind the containers on the science table. The children can compare their plants. When the plants start growing compare the seed packages to the plant growth.

Flower Card Growth Sequencing
Teacher to print template of sequence card on plants growth. Allow children to predict which cards comes first (in sequence). Teacher then show and explain the correct sequencing of the card.

Plant Collage
Bring your children out to collect different flowers and plant they can find. Gives out drawing block or construction paper to children then allow them to paste into a collage!