A Classroom Plant Growth Experiment to Produce Food

Help young learners discover how plants grow and why they’re so important to us with this hands-on Classroom Plant Growth Experiment for primary students. In this engaging science experiment, students plant herbs or vegetables, care for them over time, and observe how humans grow plants for valuable food sources.

This Classroom Plant Growth Experiment makes science meaningful by connecting plant growth to everyday life and helping students understand where our food comes from.

A Hands-On Plant Growth Science Investigation for Early Learners

This printable Plant Growth Science Investigation guides you and your students through a simple, food plant-growing experiment. Students will:

• plant herbs or vegetables in the soil
• make predictions about how their plant will grow
• observe changes over time
• identify what plants need to survive (light, water, soil)
• record observations using words, numbers, and drawings

The pack includes:

• Teacher instruction pages with clear, step-by-step guidance
• Prediction worksheets to introduce scientific thinking
• Observation recording sheet for tracking plant growth
• Informational reading passage explaining why caring for plants matters and how plants provide food for people

Download Your Plant Growth Activity Pack

This print-and-go Plant Growth Activity is perfect for early-year science units on plants, living things, or food sources. 

It is available in both PDF and editable Google Slides format.  To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and choose your preferred file type.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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