Plants

This week during Project Block we started our new unit of study: Plants.  On Tuesday we learned about the different parts of a plant (root, stem, flower, seeds and fruit).  We learned the important job each part has and what food items you can eat from each plant part.

   

Roots – carrot, beet, radish

Stem – celery, broccoli stem, onion, potato

Flower – lettuce, spinach, cabbage, kale

Seeds – Peas, beans, corns, nuts

Fruits – tomato, squash, pepper, cucumber

 

I am asking that if students eat a part of a plant at home, or at school, that they either take a photograph (you can send me the photograph) of it or draw a picture.  We have started a Learning Wall in the school hallway with our photographs and pictures. 

Today we started the lesson “Journey to the Center of a Seed.” Each student received one lima bean seed and a clear cup full of water. Students began the experiment by writing a prediction based on what will happen to the lima bean after it has been submerged in water for 24 hours. Students then completed a diagram and label of what their lima bean submerged in water looked like. Our hypotheses diagrams and labels  are below. Tomorrow we will finish this experiment and discuss what happened to the lima bean.