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We spent our week learning about plants. We discussed the parts of plants and the function of each part. We also talked about the life cycle of a plant. Below are pictures of our activities.

Here's the song the we learned about plant parts. We sang it to the tune of "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes".

We started off by learning about seeds. We looked at several different kinds of seeds and compared their size, shape, and color.

We soaked bean seeds over night and then took them apart. When we took off the seed coat, we found the sprout that would become the root. We could also see the leaves. They were very tiny and white. Here's a recording of what we observed.

We read that seeds are planted by wind, water, animals, and even people when they stick to our clothes. We tried it, and the seeds did stick to our clothes!

We planted bean seeds in our little green houses to see if we could get them to sprout. We saw the roots sprouting out in just one day!

The next day, we learned about stems. We read that stems act as straws and suck water and nutrients to the leaves. We thought we'd test it out. We put white flowers into different colors of food coloring. We predicted that the flowers would turn colors, but it would take a couple of days.

Here's one of our flowers after 2 days. You can't see it very good, but the edges of the flower have turned yellow. The yellow and red colors showed up the best.

We planted seeds in individual cups to take home, and we planted a class garden. Someone had to water the garden each day because plants need light, water, air, and soil to grow.

Our lettuce is starting to sprout. Which plant will be next?

Here's our picture of a plant. We used straws for the stem and real seeds inside of the flower. The the parts of the flower, too.

After we created our plants, we pollinated them with powder and had our class bee buzz through the class. He was very friendly and didn't sting anyone.

Mrs. Brockhaus let us take apart flowers to see the different parts. We saw the petals and pollen on some of them.

We made an art project to show how seeds grow with light, water, and air. As you unfold the project, the plants grow, and grow, and grow!