I was contacted by a friend from the time I spent in memphis tennessee. she is a kindergarten teacher , she had noticed that i was working in extension now and reached out to ask what activities she could do to teach her young ones about plants. 

I suggested she do the styrofoam method. get soil and sand and have them plant their own seeds. 

she later updated me weeks later to say that they had bloomed, but was sad that the kids couldn't see them in person or take them home because covid 19 had just gotten really bad.