We are in the third week of our plant unit and the children's understanding of what plants need continues to strengthen with each passing day. Their Wisconsin Fast Plant project is in its 10th day, their potato heads have sprouted rye grass hair, some of their beans are now 10 cubes high, they are harvesting lettuce and turnip greens from the Ladybug garden, and today they became "real" scientists. With 5 snapdragon plants in 4" pots, we decided to take away some of the things that plants need: One will go without water, one will go without light, one will be in a plastic bag (no fresh air), one was taken out of its pot (no soil to grow in), and one will have everything (our control plant). Over the next several days, the teams will be looking for changes being brought about by omitting some of their plants needs. They predicted that all but one of the plants will die. We shall see if their hypothesis is correct. Stay tuned:)
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