Living Things
	Integration Ideas and Activities Lesson 9 The Needs of Bean Plants

Lesson	Activities to Consider	Tools
9	Mathematics
	Use assorted beans to make numbers (glue on cardboard scraps)
	Measure bean growth with unifix cubes
	Language Arts
	Read Christine Back and Barrie Watts' Bean and Plant; discuss favorite beans; chart results
	Extensions
	Invite a florist or gardener to discuss plant needs
	Plant beans in old aquarium or large container so students can see the bean mature