Adaptable to other grades and all abilities. Any teacher comfortable with discovery science. Peyton Street, Suite 301, Alexandria, VA 22314. The process skills of observing, measuring, hypothesizing, experimenting, and communicating are incorporated in these hands-on activities. This study of plant life uses the peanut as its basis.
Students study the peanut and compare it to other seeds.
The main activity is growing seedlings and planting them. Peanut plants can grow successfully by starting them in small containers and repotting the successful ones. A typical class might observe the growth of plants, measure height and leaf growth and compute percentage of growth using the calculator. Students use a computer simulation game to practice using the scientific method to find optimum growing variables for different crops. The inventiveness and creativity of George Washington Carver is also studied.