Skip to content
PlayOwl

Science · Preschool

Plants and Their Needs

Children learn that plants need water, light and a place to grow, and compare a cared-for plant with one left dry. They put the steps of a bean plant's growth in order (seed, sprout, bigger plant) and start their own bean in a cup, watering it and looking at it each day with a grown-up.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 30 minutes
  • Plant needs check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, count, put in order and sort into groups
Try it now (no account) One of the five free starter courses Open in PlayOwl

What learners will discover

  • Name what a growing plant needs: water, light and a place to grow, such as soil.
  • Put the stages of a plant's growth in order: seed, sprout, bigger plant.
  • Help care for a plant and notice how it changes over several days.

Lessons

  1. What do plants need? 4 steps2 practiceabout 10 min
  2. From seed to plant 4 steps2 practiceabout 10 min
  3. Take care and watch it change 3 steps1 practiceabout 10 min
  4. Plant needs check 4 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Body ExplorerTap, match and label your way around the amazing human body.
  • Science QuizzesOlly's Science Quiz Show: plants, animals, the body, weather, space and more, for every grade.

More preschool science

Guide for grown-ups