Plant Growth Journal

Measure and record a plant's growth over time in a table and graph.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 56

Scientists record how a plant changes over time. Every few days, measure your plant with a ruler, from the soil to the top.
Write the day and the height in a table. Draw a picture, and count the leaves, too.
A bar graph shows the growth. The bars get taller as the plant grows.
From Day 6 to Day 12, the plant grew 7 centimeters: 10 minus 3.
Try it with a grown-up! Plant a bean in a cup of soil. Measure it every 3 days and record the height in a journal. Make a bar graph of your data!

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:

S2L1.b — Plan and carry out an investigation of the life cycle of a plant by growing a plant from a seed and by recording changes over a period of time.