University of Illinois Extension
4-H School Enrichment Programs
Rock Island County

Horticulture

Watching plants grow in different situations is just one activity for the students to complete. They will learn about the requirements for healthy plants by observing their experiments and recording what they witness. Within these lessons, students will:

  • Learn the role of each part of the plant
  • Observe and record the differences between the plants in two different environments
  • Observe and record the differences between plants with three different amounts of water
  • Create a compost pile using leftovers and scraps
  • Learn how to grow a plant without soil
  • Create a new plant by combining the useful parts from other plants and their own creativity
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign College of Agricultural Consumer & Environmental Sciences University of Illinois Extension