Plants!

We are having lots of fun studying plants in science! We started our unit outside so we could observe plants! A botanist is someone who studies plants.

Then it was time to grow some plants of our own! We "planted" some bean seeds in wet paper towels and patiently waited!

After just a few days, growth was evident! Students were very excited!

When the sprouts grew longer, we added them to a pot of soil so they could continue to grow!

We did another experiment to learn about stems! Celery is like a stem and when placed in water with red food coloring, you can see how the stem carries the water and nutrients up to the leaves!

When we cut into the stems, you could see the tiny red tubes that carried up the liquid!

We are really enjoying this science unit and watching our plants grow! Just look at them now!