8. How do Seeds Travel?
|
In the book, The Tiny Seed, student observed that seeds can be carried from one place to another by the wind. This got us thinking about the way that other seeds can travel. Seeds have their own set of adaptations that help them travel far and wide. This is how the populations of various plants has spread across the globe. As seeds travel they can be float, fly, roll and be dropped off and planted to created whole new areas of plants and wildlife. In this lab we examined seeds and then began creating a unique design for our own seed. We used the book, Flip, Float, Fly and Who will plant a tree, as inspiration for our designs.
|
7. Do All Seeds Make New Plants?
05/13/15
While waiting for our plants to grow, students decided they were curious to know if all seeds produce new plants. We had a great discussion about how each plant makes hundreds and thousands of seeds and that if each see could actually grow a plant, than there were be thousands of more trees and plants across our Earth. This only made them ask more questions- so what does happen to all the rest of those seeds. We turned to Eric Carle and his book The Tiny Seed for some answers!
|
6. Setting up our Experiment
05/05/15
This week the students set up the experiments they designed with their teams. We had all sorts of interesting questions being tested this week. Our ecologists were curious to know:
|
5. Designing an Experiment: What does a plant need to grow?
04/20/15
Over the course of the next few weeks, our young ecologists will be learning about experimental design. For this portion of the unit, students will be developing their own tests based on a question they come up with. We are focused on not only the process of developing a fair test, but how to analyze the data we receive.
Students will be given a set of materials with which they can use. Some of the materials include, seeds, water, shoe boxes, ziploc bags, paper towel, sun, light bulbs and a fridge. Using these materials students must design a question they would like to test. After developing a question they would like to test, students will design the lab that can help answer that question. Each student will be given a data sheet with a series of questions and ideas on how to structure their first experiment. It will be very interesting to see what they kids come up with! |
4. What are the Parts of a Plant?
04/13/15
There are many parts in a plant! Each part has a specific role/job. The plant depends on it's parts to survive in it's environment. The parts of a plant are:
|
3. What does the Stem do for a Plant?
03/23/15
This week our ecologists designed an experiment to test the importance of a stem. Many of them observed in the last lab that some stems have holes in them, some look like a straw and others are solid. In this lab they wanted to know how a stem helps a plant. We set up 5 white carnations in 5 cups of water. One cup of water was left clear while the four other cups each had food coloring added to it. Each ecologist made a hypothesis in their notebooks as to what would happen to the plants when they observed it the next day. Some scientists said:
|
2. Observing Plants: Are they Different?
03/07/15
This week we looked at several species of plants. Our ecologist learned how to make and record keen observations while studying each of these very unique plants. The students saw that some plants had broad thick leaves while some of them had small jagged leaves. The colors of the leaves were different, some were deep burgundy and some were a pale green. In a data table our ecologists recorded and drew samples of each of the specimens. They shared their observations with one another and discussed why its important to notice the differences amongst each type of plant.
|
1. What are the Parts of a Plant?
03/01/15
Ms. Lohitsa
Lover of ALL things Science!
Effective teammates:
1) kind
2) responsible
3) share ideas
4) respect others
5) include everyone
Guided questions:
1) What do plants need in order to survive?
2) How do animals help plants?
3) What qualifies a living thing?
4) What are the different types of living things in an ecosystem?
5) How is a habitat and an ecosystem different?
6) What are the life cycles of a plant and an animal?
Links:
Lover of ALL things Science!
Effective teammates:
1) kind
2) responsible
3) share ideas
4) respect others
5) include everyone
Guided questions:
1) What do plants need in order to survive?
2) How do animals help plants?
3) What qualifies a living thing?
4) What are the different types of living things in an ecosystem?
5) How is a habitat and an ecosystem different?
6) What are the life cycles of a plant and an animal?
Links: