Plants & animals · Kindergarten
Grow bean plants and care for the class pets!
Plants need water and light to grow.
Animals need food and water. All living things need water.
Standard: K-LS1-1*. Children use observations to describe patterns in what plants and animals (including people) need to survive: plants need light and water, animals take in food, and all living things need water.
What your child does: revives a thirsty plant; runs a two-week experiment with bean plants given water and light, light only, or water only; observes and records how each looks; then feeds the class pets the right food and gives them water.
Talk about it: "Why did the plant in the box turn yellow?" · "Do plants eat?" · "What do you need every day?" · "What does our pet need?"
Try it for real: plant three bean seeds in cups. Water two of them, and put one of those in a closet. Keep the third on the windowsill without water. Check them every few days for two weeks.
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