Planting Kidney Bean Seeds

As part of our plant study, students have created an experiment bag with four varying kidney bean seeds - whole bean with coat, whole bean without coat, half bean with baby plant, and baby plant alone. Students worked in partnerships to set up their experiments and recorded their predictions about which ones would grow and why. Below are students in the midst of this process. Ask your third grader if their predictions were correct and how their beans are growing or not. 

Part 1: Set up each bean in the correct state and place them in the bag above the staple. 

Part 2: Once your beans are set up and you've added water, capture your steps in your Science notebook adding a scientific drawing with labels and a detailed prediction. 

Documenting in progress