By completing this experiment, children get to observe the magic that happens beneath the soil when a seed germinates and grows into a vegetable. They then use this information to help them make inferences as to how best to grow seeds in their own garden.
Year level(s): Years 3 to 7 (Includes suggestions for extension)
Curriculum Area(s): Science
Possible links to other curriculum areas
- Mathematics – Measurement and Number: operations of problems based on the growth/measurements recorded of the seeds; graphing of measurements and time.
- Art – still line drawings.
- Writing – daily journal entries of observations and changes.
- T&E – planning and preparing the experiment.
This is a time lapse clip showing the growth of radish seedlings which the children will observe in real life when completing this experiment.
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