Seed Germination Competition

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Brief Description: Students will sprout seeds in different conditions to learn how seeds germinate.

OBJECTIVES

The students will:

describe the changes in external features and behaviors of a plant during its life cycle
collect data using measurement and scientific method
explain how changes in an organism’s habitat can influence survival

ESTIMATED TEACHING TIME

45-60 minutes plus
15 minute investigation

Correlations to State of Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction

ELA = English Language Arts, HE/PE = Health Education and Physical Education, MA = Mathematics, SCI = Science, SS = Social Studies, VPA = Visual and Performing Arts

** Alignment possible only if lesson extension is done

Grade

Maine Learning Results

Common Core Standards for English and
Mathematics

3-5

SCI

E1. Students compare living things based on their behaviors, external features, and environmental needs.

b. Describe the changes in external features and Behaviors of an organism during its life cycle.

**E2. Students describe ways organisms depend upon, interact within, and change the living and non-living
environment as well as ways the environment affects organisms.

a. Explain how changes in an organism’s habitat can
influence its survival.

**ELA

Writing: B3. Students write to identify and explain a position to an identified audience.

a. Summarize information from reading, listening, or
viewing.

b. Write about a central question or idea by using
relevant supporting facts and details.

**MATH Data Analysis: B2.

Grade 3: Students read, construct, and interpret bar
graphs

Grade 4: Students collect and represent data in tables,
line plots, and bar graphs, and read and interpret these
types of data.

Grade 5: Students read, construct, and interpret line graphs.

**ELA Writing

Grade 3: 2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine
a topic and convey ideas and information clearly

Grade 4: 2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly

**MATH

Grade 3: 3MD.B.3 (p) Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled
bar graph to represent a data set with several categories.
Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how
many less” problems using information presented in scaled
bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.

Lesson Extension: Math – Students construct graphs to illustrate the growth of the seedlings.
ELA – Writing – Students will write a paragraph about what might happen to the seedlings if water is removed. Students will write a paragraph summarizing what they learned from the experiment.