How Are Seeds Alike?

edited by: William C. Ritz and William Straits

This activity involves sorting seeds by one attribute. Have sorting boxes ready for each child and distribute one set of seeds to each. Provide children with magnifiers and let them explore their seeds. After their initial exploration, call out a characteristic for a seed and any seeds that have that characteristic should be moved over to the other side of the sorting box. Have children share their choices with the group and put them all back together to sort again based on a new property. A materials list, internet resources, standards, and safety practices are provided. This book selection also includes the Table of Contents, Preface, About the Editors, Introduction, Simple Graphing for Young Children, Science Teaching Boards and Boxes, Basic Materials List, and Index.

Grade Levels

Early Childhood

Topics

Life Science Physical Science Pre-K Science and Engineering Practices

Details

Type Book ChapterPub Date 5/8/2019Pages 48Stock # PB208E2_6D

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