Your elementary student may have grown sprouts at school and you'd like to do that at home, too. Perhaps you just want to have fun with your kids and have a family project. If you like sprouts as salad fixin's or a snack (or wonder why so many others do) you end up with a free science project! Read on to find out why the kits cost you only half the purchase price...
For Science fun at home consider our $7.95 Lid Poppin' Kit. If you get more than one you can experiment with different light and temperature conditions. Your student will want to draw and keep notes about what happens. Share your thinking about what you see happening. You'll be showing your children how to be a scientist when you compare results between more than one kit in different conditions. Even if there's just one growing at a time, kids ask great questions about the germination (seed awakening and initial growth) process. There's information about germination for you adults over in the Teacher section. Check it out and give your kids a leg up in their classroom.
You and your children will watch your sunflower seeds germinate, grow roots, and sprout through
a clear plastic growing tray. In just eight to nine days you will be eating
delicious, nutritious, family-grown sunflower sprouts worth half the whole cost of the kit in most supermarkets!
This is a no-mess indoor activity that you can use anytime,
anywhere. The tray keeps the soil and water where it belongs -- in the kit and not on your table or counter. Every child likes to plant seeds. They'll be proud to serve
you food that they've grown with their own hands.