In class, we are doing lots of measuring. We are currently measuring all of our plants' growth as well as measuring all of the things we are adding (water, fertilizer, etc.) The pictures above show some of our terrarium plants. Picture 1 are the plants that are growing in a graduated cylinder. In contrast, you can see in picture 2 plants in a less restrictive environment. You can tell the plant is not only longer, but it is wider as well. These are all plants from seeds we obtained from the Pete Dye Planting Session. Isn't it interesting to see how the plants are growing differently?
In addition to the terrariums, we decided to plant some lima bean plants to study plant parts. We made this decision because our wildflower seeds are so tiny it is difficult to see all the parts easily. We first put beans in clear cups and turned the beans different directions. It was interesting to see that first a root started forming. The seed coat became soft and fell off. The root then moved downward and hairlike roots formed on the sides of the main root. Suddenly, a shoot started upward and the bean and shoot started turning green. We had been studying plant and animal cell parts so we knew that that meant the chlorophyll was working! After a few days, we transplanted our bean shoots into soil. Check out below one group's results. ~Entire class
We are going to tell you about the bean experiment we are doing in class. We transferred our bean plant to soil. Our largest bean plant is bean A and it is 25 cm long, and ½ a cm wide. Our smallest bean plant is 3 ½ cm long and 1 wide.They are bright green. A few of the leaves are shriveling up. One of our bean plants is bending over towards the left side and is close to breaking off. Due to that the place where it is about to break off it is turning brown. Right now there's standing water in the cup. We have two leaves at the top that are dark green and 2 light green leaves further plant her down. We notice that all of the bean plant’s leaves is shaped just like the bean was before we planted it. Also the bean shaped leaf is starting to shrivel up just like the others. The top leaves are curling around each other.There are new shoots in between the two leaves on the top of the plant. On each stalk we have 4 leaves one in the middle and one at the top and more to come. ~Masden, Asleigh, Ellie
In addition to the terrariums, we decided to plant some lima bean plants to study plant parts. We made this decision because our wildflower seeds are so tiny it is difficult to see all the parts easily. We first put beans in clear cups and turned the beans different directions. It was interesting to see that first a root started forming. The seed coat became soft and fell off. The root then moved downward and hairlike roots formed on the sides of the main root. Suddenly, a shoot started upward and the bean and shoot started turning green. We had been studying plant and animal cell parts so we knew that that meant the chlorophyll was working! After a few days, we transplanted our bean shoots into soil. Check out below one group's results. ~Entire class
We are going to tell you about the bean experiment we are doing in class. We transferred our bean plant to soil. Our largest bean plant is bean A and it is 25 cm long, and ½ a cm wide. Our smallest bean plant is 3 ½ cm long and 1 wide.They are bright green. A few of the leaves are shriveling up. One of our bean plants is bending over towards the left side and is close to breaking off. Due to that the place where it is about to break off it is turning brown. Right now there's standing water in the cup. We have two leaves at the top that are dark green and 2 light green leaves further plant her down. We notice that all of the bean plant’s leaves is shaped just like the bean was before we planted it. Also the bean shaped leaf is starting to shrivel up just like the others. The top leaves are curling around each other.There are new shoots in between the two leaves on the top of the plant. On each stalk we have 4 leaves one in the middle and one at the top and more to come. ~Masden, Asleigh, Ellie