Method Hand out recording sheets. Give each student a dried kidney bean. Discuss with them how it looks and feels like. Students draw a picture of this bean on their recording sheet. Pass out soaked beans on napkins.
Students draw soaked bean on their recording sheet.
Ask students to split bean on their own as demonstrated. Younger children may require assistance. Return split beans to napkins and discuss how it looks like. Draw the diagram below on the chalk board. Explain to the students the names and the functions of the parts that they may see in their split beans.