Dwarf Flowering Cherry Tree Science Kit – Grow a Living Tree with Blooms & Edible Cherries, with Curriculum & Worksheets
Grow a real fruit tree at home! Kids care for a dwarf flowering cherry tree and watch it bloom and produce cherries they can eat.
What's in the box
- A live dwarf flowering cherry tree in an 8-inch glazed pot (pot style and color may vary)
- Detailed growing information
Grows indoors near a window or outdoors in the shade; water 2–3 times a week and protect it from frost.
What kids will learn
Grades K–5
- The parts of a tree: roots, trunk, branches, leaves, flowers and fruit
- How a flower changes into a fruit
- What a living plant needs every day: water, light and care
- How to observe, count and draw blooms and cherries in a growth journal
Grades 6–12
- The plant life cycle from flower to fruit, and the role of pollination
- How temperature affects plants, and why frost damages plant tissue
- Why container plants need careful watering: transpiration and water loss through leaves
- Running a long-term observation: recording flowering and fruiting data over time
Curriculum & worksheets included
Every kit comes with curriculum and worksheets for your grade band, emailed to you after purchase.
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Dwarf Flowering Cherry Tree Science Kit – Grow a Living Tree with Blooms & Edible Cherries, with Curriculum & Worksheets
Look inside this kit's curriculum
Inside the Dwarf Flowering Cherry Tree guide
A printable unit written for this kit, with grade-banded lessons, standards connections, worksheets and an answer key. Emailed after purchase.
- 25printable pages
- 10lessons, 2 grade bands
- 6worksheets
- Keyanswer key & rubric
K–5: five 30–45 min sessions plus short weekly check-ins. 6–12: lessons of 45–60 min plus 5–10 min data checks.
- Parts of a treeNGSS K-LS1-1NGSS 1-LS1-1
- How a flower changes into a fruitNGSS 3-LS1-1NGSS 2-LS2-2
- What our tree needsNGSS K-LS1-1NGSS 3-LS1-1
- Count and drawNGSS 3-LS1-1NGSS K-ESS2-1
- Weather and our treeNGSS K-ESS2-1NGSS 3-ESS2-1
- The plant life cycle and pollinationNGSS MS-LS1-4NGSS MS-LS3-2
- Anatomy of a flower and a fruitNGSS MS-LS1-4
- Temperature and frostNGSS MS-LS1-5NGSS HS-LS1-5
- Water, transpiration and containersNGSS MS-LS1-6NGSS HS-LS1-5
- Long-term observation and analysisNGSS MS-LS1-5NGSS HS-LS2-5
Also inside: Seasonal plan, Blossom-to-cherry challenge, Tree doctor, Care chart, Certificate, plus answer key, vocabulary check and lab rubric.
