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Topsy-Turvy Soybeans

Students observe how plants respond to gravity by germinating soybeans in a CD case and rotating the case as they grow.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
20 minutes with short daily observations for two weeks
Updated
January 25, 2023

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Cindy Hall | Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation

Acknowledgements

Original idea from Montana Agriculture in the Classroom.

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.
    • 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.