3rd Grade

After learning about the 7 different types of seed dispersal: water, wind, exploding (bursting) attachment, digestion, cultivation and gravity, students were challenged to adapt a popcorn kernel to disperse in one of the seven ways we learned about. See Studying Seeds in Third Grade for the 2 day lesson that precedes this project. First we compared […]

In this two day lesson, students discover the unique adaptations of different seeds! First, introduce students to seeds by distinguishing between a fruit and a vegetable. It seems like an easy topic, but some produce people consider to be a vegetable is actually a fruit! In my third grade classroom, I laid out 7 items […]