Seed to Sprout Story

Plant a bean in a clear cup against the side so the roots are visible. Draw it on five specified days.

The root comes first, which every child finds wrong. They expect the green part. The moment a class realises the plant goes down before it goes up is worth the whole ten days.

Mung bean or red bean germinate fast and reliably in tropical warmth. We have had failures with anything imported.

The page has the cup setup, five dated frames, and a final comparison box. It also has the failure protocol, because roughly one cup in six does nothing. Plant two per child. A five year old with a dead bean and no spare will be upset and will remember the upset instead of the science.