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Plant Life Cycle Worksheets

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The life cycle of a bean plant from seed to sprout, seedling, plant, flower and fruit: a chart, cut and paste, a wheel to spin and a bean journal.

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Plant life cycle chart and activities

Grow a bean plant

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About these plant life cycle worksheets

The life cycle of a plant goes seed, sprout, seedling, plant, flower and fruit. These plant life cycle worksheets follow a bean plant: the seed in the soil, a root growing down and a shoot growing up, the first leaves, the grown plant, its flowers, and the pods that hold new seeds.

Every life cycle set has a chart, a label the stages page, a cut and paste sequence, a life cycle wheel to color and spin, a draw the stages page and a read-aloud story with picture questions. The wheel is two pages joined with a paper fastener, so children turn it and say each stage as it shows in the window.

To watch a real life cycle, plant beans in clear cups and use the bean plant journal and the how tall is my plant graph. Life cycles are formally taught in grade 3, but kindergartners love watching a seed grow, and the pictures carry the ideas.

Standards

  • NGSS K-LS1-1Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
  • NGSS 3-LS1-1Grade 3, introduced early: develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.2Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.A.2Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has "more of"/"less of" the attribute, and describe the difference.

How to use them

  1. Plant a few bean seeds in clear cups or a bag with a wet paper towel on day one.
  2. Read the chart together and act out each stage, from a seed curled up small to a plant stretching tall.
  3. Use the cut and paste page or the label page to check the order.
  4. Build the wheel as a take-home project, and fill in the journal every few days.

Teaching tips

  • Beans sprout fast, often in 3 to 7 days, which keeps young children interested.
  • Ask what comes out of the seed first. It is the root, which grows down.
  • Point out that the pods grow where the flowers were. The pod is the bean plant's fruit.
  • Measure plants with snap cubes so children can count how tall they are.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What are the stages of a plant life cycle?

Seed, sprout, seedling, adult plant, flower and fruit. The fruit holds new seeds, and each seed can grow into a new plant.

How do you put the life cycle wheel together?

Cut out both circles and the window on the cover. Lay the cover on the picture wheel and push a paper fastener through both center dots. Turn the wheel to show each stage.

Do these worksheets have answer keys?

Yes. The label, cut and paste and read-aloud pages each have an answer key on page 2.