Supplies Needed: Clear cup, black construction paper, beans, water (supplies in garden supply bag, if you picked one up)

Steps:

1. Gather supplies.

2. Take a piece of black construction paper and roll it up.

3. Slide into the cup

4. Fill the cup with water.

5. Wedge the beans seeds between the black paper and the cup.

6. Place in a warm and sunny location.

7. In a few days the seeds will begin to sprout. Watch the roots grow down and the shoots grow up.

8. If you want to plant your beans in a pot, then

   1. put dirt in a pot.

   2. Carefully remove the small sprouts from the cup.

   3. Place them in the soil, covering them up to the base of the shoots.

   4. Water them when needed.

   5. Watch them grow.

Print out journal to record your plant observations.