What do Plants Need?

This week we are moving on to our next living thing unit...plants. Today we discussed what plants need to live, and we did some fun experiments to test it out.

The first experiment we did was to test out how plants drink water, and what it does for them.
To do this we:


Put food coloring in water cups












Then we put freshly cut celery stalks in the colored water











Finally we made our predictions


Now we wait and watch!

Then this afternoon we started our own personal plant experiments so that we can watch plants grow (hopefully) up close and personal.
Each child put one water soaked lima bean


And one water soaked cotton ball





Into our own "Sprout House"





Then put them in the window to ensure our beans have enough light


We also have three experimental plants...
One with no water ball, one with the bag zipped up so it is getting no air, and one that is receiving no light






Then we did the first log in our Plant Journal










We will continue to journal about our plant's growth and find out if our predictions prove true! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad