🌱 Designing for Seed Travel

This week, we learned how plants send their seeds out into the world! We explored different ways seeds are dispersed—by wind, water, animals, and even by bursting open.

Then we became designers! Using the design process, we planned, built, and tested our own seed dispersal models. Some spun like helicopters, some floated, and others stuck to “animal fur” just like real seeds.

It was a fun mix of science, creativity, and problem-solving—and we discovered just how clever nature can be!

Beans are growing!

We watched beans sprout in plastic bags! Then we journaled their growth and changes. Next we planted them in soil and are anxiously waiting to see how they grow into mature plants. 

Harvesting our Plants

Our sunflower micro greens have grown so quickly! We harvested our plants and looked at the different parts of the plants. Then it was time to taste test. Some said it tasted like cucumbers or peas. The roots had a milder taste than the leaves. We were also surprised to discover that some plants had very few little roots and other plants had long and loads of them. Our next task is to sprout beans in damp paper towels! We predicted that the roots will grow in 2-3 days. 

Seed Survivors!

We received our Seed Survivor kit so it was time to plant! We are growing Sunflower micro greens. We learned that plants need healthy soil, sunlight, water, air and room to grow. Each cup received 10 seeds. The plants will need one tbsp of water each day. Now we wait to harvest in approximately one week! 

T.W.A.S.

 T.W.A.S.

This week at school we learned about how the stem is an important part of the plant. We put freshly cut carnations and celery into cups of water mixed with food coloring. Within two hours we noticed that both were changing really fast. We cut open the celery to see the tiny tubes inside that 

carry the water to the rest of the plant. The stem also holds up the plant. To learn more about plants we also watched a Bill Nye video. He told us about a plant that eats meat! It's the venus flytrap! He also explained why leaves change color in the fall. They stop making their own food for a while.

We finished our experiment this week. We learned that plants need water, sunlight and air to grow into a healthy plant. 

 

 

3-4E

Our Plants

 








Our Pizza Garden

                                                   Our Balloon Terrariums

Our Plant Experiment

Our school plant

On May 30^th we started a project about plants. 1 table went first and Joyce’s group went. First we put dirt in, then seeds, then water and then some people weren’t supposed to put water and some people were supposed to. We also did something about seed in a bag. It look interesting but I wasn’t there but Holly did it for me and I thank her for doing it for me and I was happy because I didn’t want to get caught up. My plant was the tallest in the class but its ok. It was fun!

by Desiree J J