The Great Bean Seed Escape:

What seeds need in order to grow

Grade1/2

 

You are a bean seed stuck in a bag with a bunch of your best seed friends.  You are all unhappy because you can’t wait to grow up into to bean plants.  You decide that you are going to find out what you and your friends need in order to grow up.  So, you escape from the seed bag!  And there it is…

 

A COMPUTER!  This computer will help you find out what bean seeds need in order to grow into bean plants.

 

 

Click on the words to find information:

 

1. http://www.raw-connections.com/garden/veggies/beans.htm

 

2. http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts3a.html

 

3. http://www.sparta.k12.il.us/SID/plantunit/growthofbeanseed.htm

 

 

You may also want to search for other web sites

Try the using the words:

 

Gardening     Plant life cycle    Beans    Seeds

 

 

                  Now that you know what bean seeds need Here's what we have so far ...to grow into bean plants you should to tell your bean friends back in the bean bag!  On a piece of paper, draw pictures of all the things that bean seeds need to grow into bean plants.  You will show your friends this picture when you tell them all about                   what you learned on the computer.

 

 

This was created by Amanda Bathalon.

Let me know what you think…

 Amanda.Bathalon@uvm.edu.