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UNIT 2: LESSON 6 Seed Germination Demonstration Handout

NYS Common Core LL SIFE Curriculum • 1

Name: ______________________ Class: _________ Date:_______________

Seed Germination Demonstration Handout

Materials: Materials are all the supplies and equipment needed when conducting a

demonstration or experiment.

Materials Needed for Seed Germination:

______Seeds________ ___________________ ___________________

___________________ ___________________ ___________________

___________________ ___________________ ___________________

Procedure: A procedure is a list of steps you followed in your demonstration or experiment. A

good procedure is so detailed and complete that it lets someone else duplicate your

experiment exactly.

Step 1.____________________________________________________________________________________

Step 2.____________________________________________________________________________________

Step 3.____________________________________________________________________________________

Step 4.____________________________________________________________________________________

Step 5.____________________________________________________________________________________

Step 6.____________________________________________________________________________________

Step 7.____________________________________________________________________________________

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UNIT 2: LESSON 6 Seed Germination Demonstration Handout

NYS Common Core LL SIFE Curriculum • 2

Data Collection, Part 1: Data includes the things we can observe, count, and measure from our

demonstration or experiment. For this demonstration we will focus on observations and

counting.

What can we observe? What can we count?

Setup Drawing: Your setup is a drawing of how you are planning to set up your demonstration or

experiment. It should include all the materials listed above and the materials should be labeled

in your drawing.

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UNIT 2: LESSON 6 Seed Germination Demonstration Handout

NYS Common Core LL SIFE Curriculum • 3

Data Collection, Part 2: Based on your list of data above, we can then collect data from our

demonstration or experiment. We organize this data into a data table, like the ones below.

Individual Data:

Observations of seeds Number of seeds germinated

Number of seeds that germinated Number of seeds that DID NOT germinated

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UNIT 2: LESSON 6 Seed Germination Demonstration Handout

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Class Data:

Student Name Number of seeds that

germinated

Number of seeds that DID NOT

germinate

Total

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UNIT 2: LESSON 6 Seed Germination Demonstration Handout

NYS Common Core LL SIFE Curriculum • 5

Bar Graph: We can summarize the above data from the data table into a new data table and

bar graph below. This allows us to look at a lot of data together and visualize it quickly.

Summary of Class Data

Number of seeds that germinated Number of seeds that DID NOT germinated

Translate the data above into a bar graph using the space below.

Seed Germination Bar Graph

Number of Seeds that Germinated Number of Seeds that DID NOT Germinate

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UNIT 2: LESSON 07 Conditions for Seed Growth

NYS Common Core LL SIFE Curriculum • 1

Name: ______________________ Class: _________ Date:_______________

Conditions for Seed Growth

1. Circle the seeds.

2. What conditions do seeds need to grow?

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3. Can you name any seeds in English or your home language?

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LL SIFE Science: Unit 2: Lesson 7 Slideshow: Seed Dispersal

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Lookatthispicture.Thinkabouttheseques4ons:1)  Whyaretherenotreesunderit?2)  Whyisthepalmtreebending?Discussyourresponseswithyourneighbor.

Palmtreeseed-coconut

Howdoyouthinkpalmtreeseedsdisperse?

SeedDispersalDispersal=theactofdistribu4ngthingsoverawideareaSeedscannotdisperseontheirown.Theyusewind,water,animals,orpeopletodisperse.

Inferhowtheseseedsmightdisperse.

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UNIT 2: LESSON 08 Steps of Seed Germination

NYS Common Core LL SIFE Curriculum • 1

Name: ______________________ Class: _________ Date:_______________

Steps of Seed Germination

Write what you can about this picture.

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Describe the steps of seed germination.

1. ____________________________________

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2. ____________________________________

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3. ____________________________________

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4. ____________________________________

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