Life Science · Plant Growth
What Do Plants Need to Grow?
Plan and carry out a simple investigation to determine whether plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Lesson plan
What Do Plants Need to Grow?
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Lesson overview
What students will learn
- Plan a fair comparison that tests one plant-growing condition at a time.
- Use repeated observations to explain how sunlight or water affects plant growth in the investigation.
Key science ideas
- Plants need water to grow.
- Plants need light, usually sunlight, to grow well.
- A fair test compares plants while changing one condition at a time.
Lesson at a glance
- Grade 2
- 40 min
- ~10 min prep
- 2-LS2-1
- 6 materials
What’s included
- Lesson Plan
- Investigation
- Teacher Slides
- Printable Worksheet
- Teacher Answer Key
- Interactive Activity
- Vocabulary