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• Name: Julian Somers
• Position and Institution: PhD student, University of Georgia, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Genetics
• Contact: julian.somers@uga.edu
• Year contributed: 2023

• Grade Level: K-3
• Georgia Standards of Excellence: SKL1a&b, SKL2b, S1L1a&b, S2L1b&c&d, S3L1c, S3L2a&b, SC3L172

One of the best ways to learn about plants is to grow them yourself. This lesson plan provides several hands-on activities and experiments to help young students learn about plants by growing and observing them.

Activities:

• Kindergarten
• Different Types of Plants
• Is it Alive?

1st Grade

• What a Plant Needs
• The Parts of a Plant

2nd Grade

• Plant Life Cycle
• Pollinator Experiment

3rd Grade

• Light/Dark Experiment
• Salt Pollution Experiment

• Plants
• Seeds
• Life Science
• Hands-on Activity

Lesson Plan