Plants and Seeds Bingo Cards (free printable, 30 cards)
Thirty-six plant words on unique printable cards: seed to sprout, roots to petals, and the garden tools, trees and processes of a plant unit, from photosynthesis to pollination.
36 items · a 5 × 5 card with a free space needs 24 or more. More items make the cards differ.For review bingo, type answer | clue (“56 | 7 × 8”): the card shows the answer, the caller reads the clue. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too. Start a line with an emoji (“🐶 dog”) for a picture square.
Showing 4 of 31 pages. (Print always prints every page.)
To save a PDF, choose Print, then “Save as PDF” as the printer. Only the sheets print.
30 different cards. No two are the same. The card number and set number on every card let the caller check a winner (press C while calling).
About this set
A plant unit moves from the smallest thing (a seed) to the biggest (a tree), and this list does too. It follows the life of a plant (seed, germinate, sprout, seedling, bud, flower, fruit), names its parts (root, stem, leaf, petal, bark, trunk, branch) and lists what it needs (soil, water, sunlight). The harder processes are there for upper-elementary students: photosynthesis, pollen and pollination. A gardener’s words (trowel, watering can, flower pot, greenhouse, garden) and the different kinds of plants (cactus, fern, moss, sunflower, bean, carrot, tomato) keep the game concrete for kindergarten, who can match them with real seeds and pictures.
Grades: Kindergarten to 5th grade. Best in: March, April, May.
Parts of a plant: when root, stem, leaf, flower or fruit is called, students point to that part on a diagram or a real plant before covering the square.
Plant a seed: let students plant a bean in a clear cup at the start of the unit, and play the game again a week later using their own sprouts as examples.
What plants need: when soil, water or sunlight is called, ask the class what would happen to a plant without it.
Which part do we eat? Students sort carrot, tomato, bean and sunflower under root, fruit, seed and flower, which is a surprise to many.
Kindergarten version: make 3 × 3 cards from the nine easiest words (seed, sprout, root, leaf, flower, tree, soil, water, sunlight) and show a picture for each call.
Botanically it is a fruit, because it grows from a flower and holds seeds. Cooks call it a vegetable because of how it tastes. Both words are on the cards, which makes a good talking point.
How do I make a parts-of-a-plant-only game?
Delete everything except seed, root, stem, leaf, flower, petal, bud, fruit, soil, water and sunlight, then choose 3 × 3 cards. The cards are rebuilt as you edit.
Can I change the words?
Yes. The 36 words are in the box above the cards. Delete, add or edit any line and the cards are rebuilt at once. Nothing is saved on our servers.
How do I call the game?
Press “Call the game”. Each press of the space bar tumbles the ball cage and pops out the next item in very large type, with the list of items already called beside it. Press C and type a card number to check a winner, P to change the win pattern, V to have each call read aloud, and F to fill the projector.
How do I save the cards as a PDF?
Press Print and choose “Save as PDF” as the printer. Each page can also be saved as a PNG picture from under its preview.
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