We're Learning About Plants!

Our newest Science unit of study is Plants and boy do my scholars possess a great deal of plant schema! Today's focus was the needs of a plant. The scholars quickly identified: water, air, sunlight, soil and nutrients. To illustrate these needs, we created seed necklaces. Each scholar was given a small baggie. We put a seed and then water beads of different colors into the bag. Blue represents water, yellow represents sunlight, clear represents air and orange represents soil. They will wear the necklace around their neck for 7 days to provide the warmth that is needed. After about 7 days, the seeds should sprout and we will then transplant the sprout to continue observing the plant life cycle.