Elementary Academics

1. The Life Cycle
of a Bean
Plant

2. • Some plants
do not have
fruit that
the seed
grows in, but
have a pod
called a bean.

3. A bean is the part
of the plant that
holds the seeds.

4. There are many
different kinds of
bean plants but
they all grow in a
similar way.

5. Stage One

6. • The bean seed
is covered in
a hard outer
shell. When
water is
added to the
seed,

7. Stage Two

8. • it swells and
the seed
bursts open.

9. Stage
Three

10. • As the roots
grow, a stem
will also
appear. The
bean uses the
food in the
seed to grow.

11. Stage Four

12. • Leaves will
grow on the
stem and
stretch
towards the
light.

13. • The bean seed
is the part
of the plant
that is
eaten. Peas
and lima
beans are
bean seeds.

14. And now you know
the Life Cycle of a
Bean Plant