I need some activities to do about growing things?

Question

i need a whole week of planning can you give me some ideas . i already grew plants .

Answer 1

grow a garden in your pocket! Put one navy bean seed in a wet paper towel, put in ziploc bag and put in pocket.  Check periodically throughout the day and you will actually see them starting to sprout. When they take them home, they open the bag and tape the bag to a window - it will continue to sprout and grow until it's ready to plant.

We also grow butterflies - we order larvae from insectlore.com and watch them go from caterpillars to chrysalis and them to beautiful butterflies -that is definitely one of my favorite themes - we take the butterflies outside then and watch them fly away.

Answer 2

Give each child a bean seed to examine.  Let them use magnifying glasses if you have them.  Ask the children to predict what will happen to the seeds.  Then give each child a cotton ball and a ziploc bag.  Have them wet the cotton ball by dipping it in a bowl of water, then tell them to put the cotton ball and the bean seed in the plastic bag.  Write their names on their bags with a Sharpie and tape the bags to the wall beside the window.  The children can check the bags each day to watch for changes in the seeds.  The seeds will sprout and begin to grow.  If you want to continue your experiment, let the children plant their sprouts in a paper cup of dirt so they can continue to grow.  This can be hard to do since the sprouts are not very sturdy, but the kids would enjoy it.

Read Diary of a Worm and get a couple of tubs of night crawlers (fishing bait).  They come with a little dirt and a whole bunch of worms.  Put them in plastic trays or boxes on the tables and allow the children to handle and examine the worms with magnifying glasses and rulers to measure them.  Talk about how worms improve the soil so plants can grow.

I love the Growing Vegetable soup idea.  The kids can make their own lunch.  You could also use the story Stone Soup and let the kids make lunch.

Their are lots of stories about our bodies and how they grow.  Read one of those and do some exercises.

Answer 3

You could grow mold if you wanted.  You could also get those majic rocks that grow in water.

Answer 4

you've grown plants? then grow ANIMALS! (if you know what i mean.) get butterflies to show metamorphosis, and look at their progress day by day. get tadpoles. fish. the kids will love the classroom pets as well as watching them grow! try different kinds of flowers, too, if you're tired of typical plants. what about fruits and vegetables? plant a garden with the class.

Answer 5

Well, I am also thinking of plants.You could grow animals. But it's lots of work. Sorry, just trying to help.

Answer 6

well grow fruits

Answer 7

Have you thought about planning some activities around a book?  One of my favorites is "Tops and Bottoms".  This book talks about the edible parts of plants - sometimes you can eat the bottoms of the plants (potatoes, carrots), sometimes you can eat the tops of the plants (lettuce, beans), sometimes you can eat the middle of the plants (corn).  You can make a felt pieces with removable "tops" and "bottoms" and let the kids re-tell the story using the pieces.  You can add to this story by actually eating some of the "tops" and "bottoms" with the kids.

"Growing Vegetable Soup" is another good one.  Planting the ingredients for the soup and then eating vegetable soup is fun.  I've heard of people growing salads (lettuce, tomatoes, onions, peppers - even mushrooms if you're brave).  I've also heard about people growing pizza.  Wheat (for the flour in the crust), tomatoes, oregano, and any toppings you'd like on your pizza.

Did you talk about different kinds of seeds - strawberry, banana, peach, apple, pinecones, sunflowers, wheat, etc.? Some seeds you can eat - some you can't. Noticing differences in sizes and textures.

It's also fun to make prints with different kinds of things that are grown.  Potatoes can be carved into all kinds of cool things.  Peppers, when sliced across rather than lengthwise, make really great prints.  Leaves make cool prints, too.  Painting the tips of pinecone petals and rolling those around make neat prints, too.