Science task, IPC-unit "Flowers and insects"
All living things need food and water to grow, so we have done our best to take care of our plants during the last week. We have given them water and we have made sure they are not standing in direct sunlight, since that would be too hot for them, but still standing in a sunny enough place. We have carefully looked at the plants and every day we have seen how they have been growing. It has been fascinating to see the changes and, we couldn't help it, Wednesday we just had to try some of the radish sprouts! "Spicy", some pupils said. "Spicy and yummy", others said.
Today we had a modest harvest feast in the classroom! Some crackers, some butter... Some cress! Some sprouts! And water, of course, if it would be a bit too spicy!
The sunflower seeds grew as well! Tiny green plants stick up in all our pots in the classroom now! We gave them some extra water today, since they will be left in the classroom over the weekend!
We have also read a book about a sunflower's life cycle, so we know that a seed becomes a plant that flowers and eventually produces more seeds that either travel to new places with the help of birds or the wind, or become seeds that we can plant. That seed then becomes a plant that flowers and eventually produces more seeds that can grow into new plants... We know what the word life cycle means now!
This is what the greenhouse looks like now! We are looking forward to follow the process the coming weeks! Hopefully we can all start the summer holiday with a lovely sunflower in our gardens!