===== Growing Plants from Seeds =====

==== Author Information ====

  * **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

==== Categories ====

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

==== Abstract ====

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


==== Keywords ====
   * Plants
   * Seeds
   * Life Science
   * Hands-on Activity 


==== Files ====
{{ :georgia:growing_plants_lp.docx |Lesson Plan}}