Germination
Plant seeds and watch how many sprout. Examine what factors affect germination. Vary the amount of heat, water, and light the seeds get. Practice designing controlled experiments and using the scientific method.
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Plant seeds and watch how many sprout. Examine what factors affect germination. Vary the amount of heat, water, and light the seeds get. Practice designing controlled experiments and using the scientific method.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Discover what conditions affect seed germination.
- Explore the effects of water, temperature, and light on seed germination.
- Discover that the requirements for germination will vary for different seeds.
- Design controlled experiments to test the effect of different variables on germination.
VOCABULARY:
- controlled experiment, germination, hypothesis, seed, sprout, variable
LESSON MATERIALS:
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Germination Teacher Guide-French
This is the French translation of the Teacher Guide
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3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade Science
Germination Student Exploration Sheet-French
This is the French translation of the Student Exploration Sheet
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3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade Science
Germination Vocabulary Sheet-French
This is the French translation of the Vocabulary Sheet
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3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade Science
Seat work for Grade 3 whole class instruction
This is a customized student exploration sheet to be used as “seat work” when the Gizmo is presented for ... (more)whole class instruction. Suggestion: Review the Gizmo’s Teacher Guide and original Student Exploration Sheet to determine which parts of the Gizmo lesson need to be modeled by the teacher.
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3rd Grade Science
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Modified version of the student worksheet to reinforce writing hypotheses using the formalized style, and... (more) identifying the variables.
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