Studying Plants

Our first science unit this year is on plants. In these first seven days of school we have been outside to carefully observe and diagram physical properties of plants in our school garden and we have made predictions about seeds and what they "need" in order to grow. Last week, we participated in an initial lab where we studied seeds and their parts up close using hand lenses as tools, and in a more recent lab we are carefully observing new plant seeds and how moisture effects their growth. Each day, we record our observations in our plant journals so that we can draw conclusions at the end of our investigation. Today, while we are in waiting for our bean seeds to sprout, we referenced our textbooks to learn more about the four main parts of plants, what plants "need" to survive and grow, and our interdependence with them as human beings. While Mr. Pinchot read the text aloud to the class and students followed along in their own student textbooks, Mrs. Phillips created a Concept Map of what we were learning through the reading (see image).

We think plants are fascinating and are eager to learn more about them.

Happy Researching!

Mrs. Phillips and Mr. Pinchot