Observation
Get enough flowers so that each child has one in the class. Give them a magnifying glass, paper, markers, and graphing paper. Have children study their flower with the magnifying glass. Have them draw what their flower looks like.  Have them graph how many petels or leaves their flower has.
Materials:
Flower
magnifying glass
paper
markers
graphing paper
Observing
Materials:
lima, garbanzo, corn, sunflower,
blackeye, and kidney
paper
crayons
Give children varying seeds, paper, and crayons. Have them draw what their seed looks (shapes) like and what color they are.
SEEDS
Sorting and Observing
Materials:
lima, garbanzo, corn, sunflower, blackeye, and kidney
cups
soil
Give children a cup of seeds and empty cups. Have childen sort seeds into empty cups. First by looking the same and then by size.
After that have children put soil in their cups, have children put seeds in different cups and then mark the cup that it has.
After seed starts growing have them chart which one grew first. Talk about how they look different and then have them draw them.
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Sand table
In sand table put seeds, measuring cup, flower pots and shovels.