Seeds & Plant Growth
Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants through stages of germination and growth
What a learner can do afterwards
- Describe the stages: seed absorbs water → root appears → shoot pushes up → leaves open
- Compare how a bulb and a seed start growing differently
- Record observations of a growing plant over several days using drawings or a simple diary
1 · Read
A seed looks like it is doing nothing, but it is not asleep. Give it water and warmth, and it wakes up. First it soaks up water. Then a tiny root pushes down into the soil. After that, a shoot pushes up toward the light, and finally leaves open up to catch the sun.
A bulb looks different from a seed. It already has food packed inside it, like a lunch box for the plant. A bulb still grows roots first, but its packed-up food helps the shoot grow fast.
Every day, Amir drew a picture of his bean plant in a notebook. On day 2 he drew a tiny root. On day 5 he drew a shoot poking out of the soil. On day 9 he drew two little leaves. His diary told the whole story of how the plant grew.
Keep your seed or bulb a little damp, not soaking wet, and check it at the same time each day. Small changes are easier to spot if you look often.
A seed soaks up water, then grows a root, a shoot, and leaves. A bulb grows roots first too, and the food stored inside it helps the shoot grow fast.
2 · Watch
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Where it sits
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Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.