Week 2 — Germination Watch
“Are they alive yet? How would we know?”
Monday Mission
Hook video (1:19) + discussion + class task — “Set the Watch”
Prep: print Prediction Slips (1 pg) · 4 min · 20 min total
Daily Ritual
Sprout check and measure · 4 min
Main Block (Wed)
“What Seeds Need, The Cupboard Investigation” · 35 min
Prep: 1 printable, cups from kit · 5 min
Friday Recap
Predictions resolved + graph moment + parent note
Printables (4)
Teacher notes
Read 2 minutes before Monday: this week is about evidence. The seeds are germinating invisibly, so every activity converts "nothing is happening" into data: predictions, measurements, comparisons. Monday sets the watch; Wednesday's cup investigation makes the fair-test idea concrete; Friday resolves the class prediction either way. If no sprouts have shown by day 10, use the contingency check in the ritual notes; the no-sprout path is honest science, not a failure.