Investigation Box

Gardening

Standard:

2-LS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Props:

·       Shovel

·       Watering can

·       Seeds

·       Pots

·       Gloves

·       Dirt

·       Popsicle sticks

 

 

Directions:

Planting Your Seed

1.    Scoop out the soil with the shovel and put the soil into one of the pots.

2.  Take a few seeds out of one of the packets and place it in the pot. You can use the gloves for this if you would like.

3.  Barry the seeds into the soil.

4.  Label the plant by writing what the plant is on a popsicle stick. Place the popsicle stick inside the pot.

5.  Put water into the watering can and water the seeds.

6.  We will place our pots by the window and watch our plants grow during these next couple weeks. We will continue to water them each day.

 Recording Sheet:

Observations of your plant as it grows:

Type of plant:

Observation day:

Describe what you see:

 

 

 

Draw what you see: