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Activity 5 SOCIAL STUDIES Subject Experiential Scientific
ENGLISH
HINDI
Temper
Integration
Learning
MATHEMATICS
SCIENCE
You read about an acorn that slowly became an oak tree in the poem
‘Little by Little’.

Did you know that you can actually see a seed sprouting roots, shoots
and leaves? This fun little experiment can help you see that! This activity
can be observed in class as a group over a period of 7–14 days.

You will need:

 tissue papers  some pea or bean seeds

 a large glass jar  water
What to do:

 Place the tissue papers inside the jar until it is almost full.
 Pick out 2–3 pea/bean seeds and place them inside the jar. Make
sure they can be seen from the sides.

 Gently water the jar to wet the tissue papers
without flooding the jar.
 Put the jar on a shelf or windowsill and watch
the seeds grow. Over the next 7–14 days, your

teacher will water the jar, whenever necessary,
to keep the tissue papers and the seeds moist.

Record any differences you see in the seeds each day.
You can note down your observations below.

observations
activity date (day)
1. roots sprout out of the seed ___________________________

2. roots push down into the tissue paper ___________________________
3. root hair can be seen ___________________________
4. shoots come up ___________________________
5. leaves appear on the stem ___________________________

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