Seeds

Mary RuebuschMcCurdy School

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3rd Grade, Science

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The students will use termsto describe the germinationof seeds and the life cycleof plants.

Students may work in partnersand or record in journals.

Discuss each slide as you click through it.

You may want to record answers on the board.

Seeds are time capsules for the future.

New plants grow from seeds.

When a seed starts to grow, it_____________.Water and warmth cause the seed to germinate.

germinates

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Different seeds grow into different plants.

Look at the ways seeds are different.

Size ColorShape

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If you soak a seed overnight, it may start

to germinate.

It swells and starts to look bigger.

What will it do?

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With a partner, draw these steps in the life cycle of a

bean plant--Seed

SeedlingGrowing plant

Flowering plantDying plant

Seed

The word cycle means circle.

Explain how a life cycle is like a circle.

Seeds are amazing time capsules for the future.

What kinds of seeds have you seen?

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