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Module 8: Observing and scoring germination

Children are required to record the germination trials set up in the previous experiments and analyse them scientifically, plotting their results for discussion.
They should then draw conclusions about the effectiveness of the different conditions used during the germination experiments and discuss what this means in a real-life situation e.g. seed storage for farmers.
A final phase requires potting or re potting plants and moving them to the greenhouse or the garden for growing on.

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• Introduction
• Module 1 Plant vocabulary
• Module 2 Plants grow
• Module 3 ‘Will I survive?’ Extinction Game
• Module 4 A quest for threatened plants
• Module 5 Come and see it!
• Module 6 Seeds and seed dispersal
• Module 7 How to germinate seeds (1-3)
• Module 8 Observing and scoring germination
• Module 9 A world of plants (Botanic Garden)
• Module 10 A new ski run? (Botanic Garden)
• Module 11 Young guides grow (Botanic Garden)