Planting Seeds In Repurposed Containers

Planting seeds in repurposed containers

Have you ever tried planting seeds before? It’s a fun way to practice your STEM & STEAM skills. And if you can get some plants to grow, it’s a tasty lesson too! In this lesson, you can learn how to turn empty containers from your home into pots for growing seeds. There are even more things you can do, like make a time lapse of the plant growing or change the growing conditions to see what works best. Good luck growing!

Chris Woods is a teacher, speaker, host of the “STEM Everyday Podcast” and author of “Daily STEM – How to Build a STEM Culture”.

Here are the steps for this activity:

  1. Watch the video.
  2. Gather your materials.
  3. Cut top half off water bottle.
  4. Fill mostly full with dirt.
  5. Stick seed in to dirt on side so you can see it grow.
  6. Add a little water to your pot.
  7. Put your pot in a sunny place and water every few days.

You might want to experiment and plant several different pots with a changing variable like:

  • Amount of water.
  • Amount of sunlight.
  • Number of seeds in the pot.
  • Size or shape of the pot.
  • Different types of seeds.

Observe how your plants respond to the changes in the variables.

Journal Questions
  1. What did you use for the pot? What type of soil and seeds? How much water did you use?
  2. How long did it take your seed to sprout? Did you see stem, roots or leaves first?
  3. Did you experiment with different ways to plant your seed? What different variables did you change in the experiment?

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Topics

Science
Grade Level
2-3
4-5
K-1

Creator

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Materials

  • seeds
  • water bottle
  • tape
  • dirt
  • marker
  • scissors