Growth Stages of a Bean Plant: From Seed to Mature Plant

Growth Stages of a Bean Plant: From Seed to Mature Plant

Discover the life cycle of a green bean plant with these entertaining, printable activities perfect for the spring season! These science lessons are the ultimate addition to learning about gardens, farms, and Earth Day.

Bean Plant Fun for Springtime

Exploring the life cycle of a bean is a fantastic lesson for the spring season! This educational activity is ideal for incorporating into lessons about gardens, farms, and even Earth Day!

Experiments with bean seeds offer a hands-on learning experience that children love. There are countless projects you can tackle during the spring season, and every year, there's too much fun to choose from!

We can't get enough of watching seeds germinate with our *Seed in a Jar Experiment, Building a Greenhouse from Plastic Bottles, Planting Seeds in Eggshells, and making easy DIY Seed Bombs!*

Life Cycle of a Green Bean Plant

A green bean plant undergoes several stages of growth to reach maturity. From a seed to a seedling, flowering plant, and fruit, here are the life stages of a green bean plant. A green bean plant takes 6 to 8 weeks to grow.

Seed. A green bean plant's life cycle starts with the seed. The seed is harvested from the pods of a mature plant and planted in the soil.

Germination. Once a seed is planted in the soil, and receives plenty of water, air, and sunlight, it will begin to germinate. The tough shell of the bean seed will soften and split. Roots will begin to grow downward, and a shoot will start to grow upward.

Seedling. Once the shoot grows through the soil, it is called a seedling. Leaves will start to grow, and the stem will grow taller and taller.

Flowering Plant. Six to eight weeks after germination, the green bean plant is fully mature and flowers will grow. Once pollinators have fertilized the flower, the seed pods begin to develop.

Fruit. The seed pods that develop are the plant's fruit. These can be harvested for food or saved for the next season of planting, when the life cycle starts all over again.

The Parts of a Green Bean Seed

Embryo. This is the young plant that is growing inside the seed coat that contains the developing leaves, stem, and roots of a plant.

Epicotyl. The beginning of the bean's shoot that will eventually form leaves.

Hypocotyl. The beginning of the bean's stem that is just under the epicotyl.

Radicle. The mature embryo consists of an embryonic root.

Cotyledon. A seed leaf that stores starch and protein for the embryo to use as food.

Seed Coat. This is the protective outer covering of a seed that is usually hard and brownish in color.

More Hands-on Learning with Green Beans

Here are some additional hands-on learning activities that would be fantastic additions to these green bean life cycle worksheets!

*Seed Germination Jar* - Watch up close how a green bean seed grows and observe each phase from roots to leaves with this simple science experiment.

*Seeds In A Bag* - Watch nature unfold right inside a sandwich bag.

*Plant Growth Experiment* - Grow green bean plants and explore how light, water, and temperature affect plant growth.

*Parts Of A Flower* - Get up close to a flower with this easy flower dissection lab. Pull apart a flower and name the different parts you can see. Printable parts of a flower diagram included!

*Parts Of A Plant* - Use simple art and craft supplies to learn about the different parts of a plant and the function of each.

Green Bean Plant Life Cycle Worksheets

The seven green bean plant worksheets that come in this printable pack include...

• Life Cycle of a Green Bean Plant
• Green Bean Seed coloring page
• Parts of a seed worksheet to label
• Green Bean Vocabulary worksheet
• Green Bean Growth Worksheet
• Green Bean Seed Dissection Worksheet
• Fava Bean Dissection Lab

Use the worksheets from this pack (free download below) to learn, and label the stages of green bean growth. Students can see the green bean plant life cycle, and then can cut and paste (and/or color!) to the green bean plant worksheet!

More Fun Plant Activities

When you finish these green bean plant worksheets, here are a few suggestions for fun *plant activities for preschoolers and easy plant experiments* for elementary to middle school.

Learn about the important role plants have as *producers in the food chain*.

Well, growing *grass in a cup* is just a lot of fun!

And don't forget to watch flowers grow in this *amazing science lesson* for kids of all ages.

Learn about the *apple life cycle* with these fun printable activity sheets!

Grab some leaves and find out *how plants breath* with this simple activity.

Learn about how water moves through the *veins in a leaf.*

Make a *plant cell coloring and collage activity!*

Printable Spring Activities Pack

If you're looking to grab all of the printables in one convenient place plus exclusives with a spring theme, our *300+ page Spring STEM Project Pack* is what you need!

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1. Preschoolers can delve into the art of printables by exploring hands-on activities focused on the life cycle of a green bean plant, making it an entertaining addition to learning about Earth Day and the spring season.
2. Green bean projects offer a wealth of engaging learning experiences, especially when cultivating science lessons about gardens and Earth Day.
3. A green bean plant's life cycle begins with the seed, a starting point for numerous educational activities ranging from seed germination experiments to hands-on exploration of seed anatomy.
4. During the spring season, kids can witness the growth stages of a green bean plant, from seed to mature plant, as part of their health-and-wellness and fitness-and-exercise curriculum.
5. Incorporating a hands-on approach to learning, such as growing a green bean plant, can ignite a passion for elementary science and STEM education, ultimately leading to self-development.
6. Through hands-on learning experiences, children can discover the various stages of a green bean plant's life, such as germination, seedling, flowering, and fruit production.
7. By observing the seed coat, cotyledon, epicotyl, hypocotyl, embryo, and radicle, preschoolers embark on a fascinating exploration of the structure within a green bean seed.
8. Beyond the green bean plant life cycle worksheets, other engaging activities include seed germination jars, examining seeds inside a sandwich bag, and conducting plant growth experiments to gain a deeper understanding of green bean cultivation.
9. Elementary school students can explore the role of green bean plants as part of stem science and extend their learning with activities such as flower dissection or studying the different parts of a plant.
10. Following the exploration of green bean life cycles, consider furthering your preschoolers' learning with fun plant activities that delve into producers in the food chain, growing grass in a cup, understanding how plants breathe, and investigating the veins in a leaf, providing a well-rounded education in science, art, and health-and-wellness.

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