How Plants Grow

Step 1 · Learn it

What a seed needs

A seed needs water, warmth, air and — once it is above the soil — light. Take one of these away and the plant tells you.

Step 2 · Try it

Set up your test

Plant both seeds the same way. Water one and keep the other dry. Everything else must stay the same, or the test is not fair.

• Lovia OriginalExplore

  Grow a Seed and Observe It

  Plant a bean seed and record what changes each day for two weeks.

  • Early Years · Primary
  • 20 min
  • Text only
  • Works offline
  • No device needed

  Why Lovia recommends this: Teaches patient observation and recording — the habit at the centre of all science.

  What to do: Plant two seeds. Water one, keep the other dry. Draw both every day for two weeks and write one sentence each day.

  Ghana connection: Compare your results with what farmers do at the start of the rainy season.

  For Teachers

  Use the instructions above — no link needed.

  Lovia Original — created by Lovia School. Rights: Open licence. Last checked 2026-09-10.

Step 3 · See it

Read about living things

Read one short section about what plants need and how they make their food.

• From CK-12 FoundationRead

  Plants and living things

  How living things are built, what they need, and how plants make their food.

  • Primary · Junior High
  • 20 min
  • Low data
  • Internet needed
  • Any phone

  Why Lovia recommends this: Mostly text and diagrams, so it works on a slow connection.

  What to do: Read one section, close the page, and say what you remember out loud.

  Ghana connection: Compare what a maize plant and a cassava plant need to grow well.

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  Learning resource from the CK-12 Foundation. Rights: Link only. Last checked 2026-09-10.

Step 4 · Ghana connection

Planting with the rains

Farmers plant when the rains begin. Your dry cup shows exactly why that timing matters.

Step 5 · Check my learning

Check my learning

After two weeks, explain the difference between your two cups and name the one thing that caused it.