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Science · K–3 · 15 minutes

Life Cycle Observation: a seed becoming a plant

Children draw, label, and ask questions about familiar living things and their changes.

Life Cycle Observation: a seed becoming a plant

Name:                              
Date:              

Today I am practising: observing change over time

1

Draw the first stage of a seed becoming a plant.

2

What changes do you notice in a seed becoming a plant?

3

Write one thing a seed becoming a plant needs to grow or change.

4

What might happen next in a seed becoming a plant?

5

Write one question you have about a seed becoming a plant.

6

Use arrows to show the order of change in a seed becoming a plant.

Grown-up note: Ask your learner to explain one answer in their own words.

How to use it

A simple ten-minute routine

  1. Set the purposeTell your learner this page practises observing change over time.
  2. Let them tryRead the prompt aloud once, then give space to think.
  3. Talk it throughAsk: “What did you notice?” and celebrate the strategy.