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Using
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Then seeds were
spread on the ground and we walked through them to learn how seeds
travel.
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Finally, we looked at our socks to see if any seeds had
"hitchhiked".
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We
folded a paper towel and sprayed it with water. We put the paper
towel and three lima beans (that had been soaked in water for about
an hour) into a ziplock bag. The ziplock bags were stapled inside
our very own greenhouses and attached to a bulletin board where we
could watch the seeds grow.
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White
carnations were put in water colored with food coloring to show how
the stem carries water to the flower.
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We
read two versions of Jack and the Beanstalk and made a Venn diagram
comparing them.
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Parts
of this flower help students remember their function. Pieces of yarn
are glued on for roots and a straw is used for a stem. Seeds are
glued in the middle of the flower ( a small paper plate with
triangles snipped out for petals. Real leaves were glued on.
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Another year we
labeled the plant parts. |
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Cornstarch (representing pollen) is in the middle of this paper
flower. A felt bee visits the flower and picks up the pollen on its
body. |
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We
used corn seeds for manipulatives to solve addition problems. |
Our
plant snack was made from a celery stalk stem, half baby carrot
petals, and a rice cake center (covered with peanut butter and
sunflower seeds).
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To
demonstrate the needs of a plant, put one in a dark cupboard for a
week with no water or light. Have the children predict what will
happen. It should look similar to the plant on the left. The one on
the right was kept in sunlight and watered as needed. |
Find the small seed inside a peanut and/or a lima bean (after
soaking it for a few hours.) |
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She is getting ready to plant seeds inside the fingers of the food
handler glove.
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We wet the cotton balls and placed one in each finger of the glove.
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He
has placed the seeds on the cotton balls inside the glove. Each
finger is labeled with the name of the seeds we "planted"---radish,
tomato, pumpkin, pepper, and marigold.
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The
radish seeds sprouted first, but the others soon followed.
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These are some of the plant
"parts" we ate--seeds (sunflowers), stems (celery), roots (carrots)
and leaves (lettuce).
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