Spring Time Activities
Seeds and Germination
A SciShow Kids (5 min video) tells what a seed needs in order to germinate. The parts of the seed is shown.
SciShow Kids (5 min. video) does an experiment where they try taking away water, sunlight, or grow in sand to see how they grow.
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This UnTamed Science (3 min video) explains the difference between a mono-cots and and dicot. It is for the curious teacher or upper elementary student.
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Lesson: Stomata and Respiration
The fourth lesson looks at the leaves and stomata. Students are assessed on what they know about water transported through a plant and secondly what they learned about leaves through the introductory lessons.
Read Aloud (fiction chapter): Top Secret by John Reynolds
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All About Roots
Project Budburst Activity: Compare fibrous and tap roots (60 min.)
Comparative Question:
How does a tap root differ from a fibrous root?
Materials: Dandelions and another weed to share with a partner. Hide the top part of the weed for a mystery picture. |
Image from fatalii.net/Bonsai_Chiles_Bonchi
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Background Knowledge:
Tap root is a large and thick straight root that tends to grow down. There are other roots that grow laterally.It is seen when the plant is a dicot. It is often hard to pull up but hard to transplant. The dandelion and carrots are good example of a tap root. Dicot flowers tend to have 4 or 5 petals or multiples of 4 or 5. The fibrous roots are seen with monocot and has many branched roots. It is seen with many grasses. Leaves are usually long and narrow. The leaves tend to have parallel veins.The flowers tend to have 3 petals or multiples of 3. Adaptations:
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Image from diffen.com/difference/Dicot_vs_Monocot
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Tap roots are dicots. Fibrous roots are monocots
Parts of a Flower
All About Bees
Additional Resources
Flight of the bumble bee song orchestra (about 3 1/2 min)
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Webpage on bee jokes
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3 minute video on 3 bee idioms
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Create a bee fact game using some free game board templates.
http://www.mes-english.com/games/boardgames.php
http://www.mes-english.com/games/boardgames.php
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Seed Dispersal
Dissecting and Planting Flowers
Read aloud books on seeds
Seeds! Seeds! Seeds by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace Plant a Little Seed by Bonnie Christensen Budburst Activity: Students dissect a flower (50 minutes).
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Image from mbgnet.net/bioplants/parts.html
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Budburst Activity: Plants grow better in different environments (60 min).
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What parts of a plant do we eat?