Kindergarten · Science · Unit 6 of 13
From Seed to Plant
Seeds grow into seedlings, plants, flowers and fruit.
What your child practices
Practices the simple plant life cycle (seed, seedling, plant, flower, fruit) and noticing that young plants look like the plant they came from.
Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.4 · how a plant grows from a seed when it gets water, warmth and light
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- A seed grows into a seedling, then a plant.
- The plant grows flowers, then fruit with seeds.
- A young plant looks like its parent plant.
Example: An apple seed grows into…? Seeds grow into the same kind of plant. Answer: an apple tree
From Seed to Plant in Alabama
In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 6 of 13 in Kindergarten Science, after What Living Things Need and before Natural or Made.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which grows first on a plant?
- Fruit
- New seeds
- Ripe apples
- Leaves
Leaves
Hint: Fruit comes last.
Question 2
A tiny new plant that just came up is a…
- fruit
- tree trunk
- flower
- seedling
seedling
Hint: Seed + ling.
Question 3
What comes after the flower?
- Seedling
- Soil
- Fruit
- Seed
Fruit
Hint: Apples come after blossoms.
Question 4
Which part grows down from a seed first?
- The root
- The fruit
- The flower
- The seed
The root
Hint: It holds the plant in soil.
Question 5
Bees visit which part of a plant?
- The root
- The seed
- The soil
- The flower
The flower
Hint: Bright and sweet!
Question 6
The leaves of a young pecan tree look like…
- the leaves of a big pecan tree
- cactus spines
- grass blades
- pine needles
the leaves of a big pecan tree
Hint: Young plants look like parents.