Organisms
	Integration Ideas and Activities Lesson 3 Planting Our Seeds

Lesson	Activities to Consider	Tools
3	Mathematics
	Measure, chart and graph the individual growth of plants; analyze and compare data
	Variation of plant growth activity
	Language Arts
	Seed and plant possible extensions: Wrap seeds in moist paper towels and place in plastic bags to create a "rooterrarium;" hang in room for students to observe; chart growth Vegetative propagation - grow plants from parts of other plants like leaf cuttings, carrot tops, or potatoes Observe both dried and soaked beans; open the soaked bean seeds to observe the tiny plant inside Cook with class; use some of the seeds that were planted Grow alfalfa sprouts or mung bean sprouts to eat at lunch Grow sponge gardens or "egg-cress-heads"; decorate shell haves with faces, fill with wet cotton, sprinkle seeds on top; keep cotton moist and watch the heads grow "hair" Students put on an old sock over one shoe and go outside for a sock walk; sort seeds collected on sock and discuss ways seeds travel; make a class graph of the results
	Make a Dirt Dessert
	Great books for literature sets to used in guided reading small group time: Pumpkin Pumpkin by Thitherington The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss Apples & Pumpkins The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle One Watermelon Seed by Celia Barker Lottridge