Grow It Grades 3 to 5
12 weeks of real plant investigations: germination, photosynthesis, pollinators, soil and garden design.
Free, start to finish. No card. Every week opens without signing in.
- Grade
- Grades 3 to 5
- Length
- 12 weeks
- Pace
- 6 short lessons a week, about 15 minutes each
- Price
- Free, every week
About this course
Grow It Grades 3 to 5 is a 12-week plant science and gardening course for third to fifth grade. Rocket, Raven and Nova run real investigations with beans and peas: life cycles, how water moves through a plant, how leaves make food from light, pollinators, traits, soil and decomposers, and the garden food web, ending with a garden design challenge. A windowsill is all you need. Every week is free.
Kids will
- Describe how plant structures help plants survive and grow
- Model a flowering plant's life cycle
- Explain that plants make food from air and water using light
- Design and run fair tests and record data
- Trace matter through a garden food web with decomposers
- Design a small garden that meets plant needs within limits
The 12 weeks
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Week 1
Plant Parts and Jobs
Every part has a job to do
NGSS 4-LS1-1
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Week 2
Seeds and Germination
How a sleeping seed wakes up
NGSS 3-LS1-1
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Week 3
Life Cycles
From seed to seed again
NGSS 3-LS1-1
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Week 4
Roots, Stems and Water
How water travels up a plant
NGSS 4-LS1-1
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Week 5
Leaves and Food from Light
How plants make their own food
NGSS 5-LS1-1
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Week 6
Flowers and Pollinators
How flowers make seeds with a little help
NGSS 4-LS1-1
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Week 7
Seeds on the Move
How seeds travel to new places
NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1
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Week 8
Traits and Variation
Why no two bean plants are exactly alike
NGSS 3-LS3-2
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Week 9
Soil and Decomposers
What soil is made of, and who recycles it
NGSS 5-LS2-1
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Week 10
The Garden Food Web
Who eats what, and where it all goes
NGSS 5-LS2-1
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Week 11
Weather, Seasons and Planting
When the weather says go
NGSS 3-ESS2-2
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Week 12
Garden Design Capstone
Plan it, test it, grow it
NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1
Standards practiced. NGSS: 4-LS1-1, 3-LS1-1, 5-LS1-1, 3-LS3-1, 3-LS3-2, 5-LS2-1, 3-ESS2-1, 3-ESS2-2, 3-5-ETS1-1. Each week has short lessons Monday to Friday and a Grow It Day with the family on Saturday.
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Open the course, pick Day 1 and go. Make a free parent account when you want progress saved for each kid.