Extension Activities

• Create graphs to show plant growth. Compare and contrast with others in your class. Come up with average results.
• Create varying growing conditions and hypothesize what will happen. Did your predictions come true?
• Write acrostic poems, haiku, cinquain about plants
• Read poems about plants
• Read stories about plant
• Read the book Seed Folks
• Read a book about plants and the plant life cycle. Suggestions:
  • The Giving Tree
  • Jack and the Beanstalk
  • The Pumpkin Circle
  • Johnny Appleseed
  • The Magic Schoolbus
  • Brainstorm other alternatives
• Make a flip book that depicts your plant's growth
• Write a journal from the point of view of the plant
• Make an ABC list of plant facts and vocabulary and illustrate
• Write math word problems about their plant's growth
• Locate partner's community on the map and learn about the climate, land forms, etc.