Life cycle of a bean plant sequence and fold science craft activity

A fun, foldable activity for exploring the life cycle stages of a bean plant. This printable mini-book would make a great follow-up activity after growing your own beans! Alternatively, use it for a science center, in an interactive science notebook, or for a plants, growing, or seasonal changes unit activity.

Benefits of this activity

• Low prep
• Children learn about the bean plant life cycle in a fun and hands-on way, that’s a bit different from a standard science worksheet
• Can be used to introduce the life cycle, or as a review/assessment to check understanding.
• Encourages fine motor/scissor skills, hand-eye coordination (folding), and sequencing.
• Differentiated options allow for multiple age ranges or abilities to do the same activity.
• Finished foldouts can be inserted into an interactive notebook where they can be referenced by children.

The differentiated templates

There are 5 similar cut and paste templates in the PDF so you can select the one that best suits your needs:

Template 1: Color the life cycle of a bean plant, cut, and fold.

Template 2: Color the bean plant life cycle stages, cut out the word labels and match them to the pictures, glue, cut and fold.

Template 3: Color the bean plant life cycle stages, cut out the life cycle stages, sequence the labels on the template, glue, cut and fold.

Template 4: As above but with a rectangle around the outside for easier cutting.

Template 5: Largest version. Students will color the template and life cycle stages, sequence the stages, glue, cut and fold.

What else is included?

• Bean life cycle word wall vocabulary cards.
• Full-page life cycle diagram (colour).
• Life cycle of a bean writing sheet. This has pictures of the 6 life cycle stages, with space for children to write next to each one.
• Parts of a bean plant cut and paste worksheet.
• Parts of a plant worksheet for students to write their own labels.
• US and UK versions of the files

Is this resource editable?

No, this resource is not editable.