Seed Starting for the Garden

1st grade students love gardening!  Today's planting project was also a science experiment.  Will seeds germination faster in peat pellets or in regular soil?  Students planted vegetable seeds both ways, and next week we'll take a look at which seeds have started to germinate.  Most students felt that the peat pellets might grow better, since "the seed has everything it needs in one small package".  Hopefully we'll be planting our germinated plants in the garden in the next few weeks.