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Farming in a Glove (Grades 3-5)

Students observe how a seed sprouts and investigate the conditions necessary for germination to occur.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
1 hour
Updated
May 30, 2023

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Sue Knott, Debra Spielmaker, and Lynn Wallin | Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom and National Center for Agricultural Literacy (NCAL)

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • 3-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • 3-LS1-1: Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
    • 4-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
    • 5-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • 5-LS1-1: Support an argument that plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from air and water.