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This activity is for observing seeds in fruits and vegetables. Show the children a small assortment of seeds and ask them what they think the seeds ar...
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This activity is for observing and sorting seeds. Distribute an assortment of seeds to each child. Ask them to put together all the seeds that seem t...
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This activity involves sorting seeds by one attribute. Have sorting boxes ready for each child and distribute one set of seeds to each. Provide childr...
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This activity is about observing seeds while they absorb water, change size, and become soft. Give a lima bean seed and magnifier to each child and su...
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This activity is about observing the inside of soaked lima bean seeds. Give each child two presoaked lima beans. Have them loosely wrap the seeds in ...
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This activity is about planting a terrarium. Have each child choose a container and a plant and then follow the planting procedure. Place the terrar...
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This activity is about exploring an ear of corn. Encourage children to describe how the cornhusks feel, smell, and look. After a few minutes encourage...
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This activity is for investigating how heat changes things. Hand out some unpopped popcorn kernels to the children for observation. Then make some po...
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This activity is for comparing and grinding fresh and dried corn. Let children handle the dried and fresh corncobs and talk about what they see and fe...
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This activity is for using a variety of seeds to make a collage or wreath. Have the children help you begin saving seeds from fruits and vegetables an...
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Pondering Pumpkins: The Outsides
This activity is for investigating the exterior of pumpkins. Select a few pumpkins of different sizes for small groups of children to observe and comp...
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Pondering Pumpkins: The Insides
This activity is for investigating the insides of pumpkins. After finding out what children think the insides of pumpkins are like carefully cut the p...
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This activity is about finding interesting objects in nature to make into a bracelet. Give children a bracelet by placing a piece of masking tape arou...
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This activity is about looking for weeds when taking children on a walk. When back in the classroom, have them observe the weeds they pulled and put i...
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This activity is about going for a walk to look for animals in the neighborhood. Encourage children to talk about how animals look, how they move, and...