Second Day at Columbia Heights: Plant family Game

As the microgreens were still germinating, we decided to play the plant family card game with the students on the second day. We explained the guidelines and rules for the game and gave each student a card with a plant name. The students were excited to find their plant family and eventually found one another. Once they found their family, we asked what are the similar characteristics of the plant family? And what do they have in common? The students did a good job telling the class the basic observations and explaining which fruits belong in that family. After the students answered us, we gave them our scientific terms of the plant characteristics and commonalities. Over all, I thought this was a very interactive and useful lesson that the students enjoyed doing with us.