September is a great time to investigate seeds while it's still warm out. The combination of an abundance of native plants seeds and warm weather make for a great opportunity to play games about seeds.

Press play to hear descriptions for a mystery board game about seeds for 1st graders and a fossil matching game for 4th graders, both aligned with Next Generation Science Standards.

During the episode I share the standard that inspired the activity, how the activity relates to seeds, and a description of how to implement the activity with your learners. And make sure to listen all the way through the episode; you may find yourself inspired to adapt one of these activities or use an activity for a different grade level.

Next Generation Science Standards addressed in this episode:

• 1-LS1-1: Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
• 4-ESS1-1: Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.

Resources mentioned 💚

• Episode 87: Seed Activities for Kindergarten and 3rd Grade This Fall
• The Game Crafter
• Seed Dispersal Types: 6 Innovative Ways Seeds Travel to New Places
• Naturally Teaching Activity Index

Show Notes: https://naturallyteaching.com/episode88

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September is the beginning of fall, but it's also when native plants are showing off their seeds! During the summer, plants worked hard to attract pollinators to their flowers, and now we're seeing the fruits of their labor! Let's take advantage of seeds this fall and get them working for your curriculum.

Press play to hear descriptions for being detectives while reading pictures books about plant needs for kindergarteners and growing herb seeds to investigate plant life cycles for 3rd graders, both aligned with Next Generation Science Standards.

During the episode I share the standard that inspired the activity, how they relate to seed activities for kindergarten and 3rd grade, and a description of how to implement the activity with your learners. And make sure to listen all the way through the episode; you may find yourself inspired to adapt one of these activities or use an activity for a different grade level.

Next Generation Science Standards addressed in this episode:

• K-ESS3-1: Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live.
• 3-LS1-1: Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Resources mentioned 💚

• Episode 86: 6 Seed Books for Teaching Elementary-Aged Learners
• Episode 6: 5 Outdoor Education Safety Tips for Teaching in Nature
• The Dandelion Seed by Joseph Anthony, illustrated by Cris Arbo
• Naturally Teaching Activity Index

Show Notes: https://naturallyteaching.com/episode87

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September is the beginning of fall, but it's also a time for seeds! After spending spring and summer trying to attract pollinators, plants have successfully pollinated and made seeds.

Books are a great way to introduce seeds, plant life cycles, how seeds move, and how animals help disperse seeds. In this episode, I give you a brief summary of seed books and my thoughts on how they can help you with your learners.

Books in this episode 📚

1. A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long
2. Seeds by Carme Lemniscates
3. Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move by Joann Early Macken, illustrated by Pam Paparone
4. Seeds Move! By Robin Page
5. The Blue Jay that Grew a Forest by Lynn Street, illustrated by Anne Hunter
6. Little Dandelion Seeds the World by Julia Richardson, illustrated by Kristen Howdeshell and Kevin Howdeshell

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Resources mentioned 💚

• “Teaching with Books: How to Integrate Science and Literacy for Elementary Classrooms.”
• Episode 64: 7 Pollinator and Flower Books for Elementary-Aged Students

Show Notes: https://naturallyteaching.com/episode86

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