Topsy-Turvy Soybeans
Students observe how plants respond to gravity by germinating soybeans in a CD case and rotating the case as they grow.
Background
Lesson Activities
Recommended Companion Resources
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.
- 3-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes