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Adaptations: Exploring Seeds and Plants

Through hands-on discovery, students will explore the amazing world of plant adaptations, focusing on seeds. Students will investigate seed structure and variations, discover how seeds travel and what a seed needs to sprout into a plant. Activity options include seed dissection, outdoor seed search.

Program Location(s):

  • Wachusett Meadow, Princeton

  • Your school or other location

Grades:

Pre K, K, 1, 2

Price:

Please see brochure

Learning Standards Supported:

  • PreK-LS2-2 (MA) - Ecosystems--Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics - how familiar plant/animals meet needs

  • PreK-LS2-3 (MA) - Ecosystems--Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics - local plants/animals interdependence

  • K-LS1-1 - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - where animals and plants get food

  • K-LS1-2 (MA) - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - plants/animals, grow/change over time

  • 1-LS1-1 - From Molecules to Organisms--Structures and Processes - function of plant/animal body parts

  • 1-LS3-1 - Heredity--Inheritance and Variation of Traits - sim./diff. among indiv. plant/animal

  • 2-LS2-3 (MA) - Ecosystems--Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics - how plant/animals depend on surroundings

Contact:

For more information email us - [email protected].