Monday we learned about the parts of the Flower.
- I printed a diagram of a flower
- Using a tulip, I dissected it using an x-acto knife so we could find the parts on the diagram
- K. colored the diagram to match the colors of the tulip
- A good video to watch is: The Magic School Bus. Goes to Seed: Growing Places with Plants
Tuesday we looked at Leaves, Stems, Roots and Tubers.
- We picked some leaves and did leaf rubbings.
- We pulled up some weeds and looked at the different kinds of roots -- some are like webs and some have one main root.
- We dug a volunteer potato plant out of the compost pile. It had a couple little potatoes (tubers) growing.
Wednesday we looked around our garden for Seeds and fruit.
Thursday we played The Vegetable Game at the grocery store.
- I copied a list of vegetables and which part of the plant we eat from 365 . . . Experiments.
- At the grocery store we found the vegetables I let K. guess which part it was that we ate. If she didn't know or guessed wrong we would talk about it so she could understand. I would suggest going to the store early in the morning before there are lots of shoppers.
- We also planted 8 pinto beans (I bought 1 lb) for experiments in the next few weeks.
- I poked 4 holes in the bottom of yogurt containers and set them in a clean styrofoam meat tray.
- Then we went out and filled them with dirt from the compost pile.
- We brought them back inside, planted the pinto beans, watered them, and set them in the window.
Friday we put one of the potatoes we dug up on Tuesday in a cup of water to grow.
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