As Promised, I have pictures of our planting projects we have already started.
We are Trying to turn our carnations red. we have them in water with red food coloring. It is supposed to work like celery, and go up through the stem to make the petals red. I have don it before with celery, but not with carnations.
Today we planted lima beans. We placed the seed in a zip lock bag with a wet paper towel, and then hung it on the window. Hopefully be Monday we will start to see some growth. Each students planted their own seed.
This is our new long term plant project. When we were having trouble keeping our normal class plant alive (apparently I am not that good with keeping things alive) I ordered this to replace it. Since then my assistant has been able to bring our plant back to life, and we have a lovely new addition. there are 5 different kinds of plants in here, and each one has to do with the 5 senses. Aloe = touch, palm = hear, polka dotted plant = see, eucalyptus = smell, and herbs = taste. I am really curious to see if this plant take on life in our class...
Our home living theme is a garden center. Here the students can buy plant and seeds, and then pretend to plant them wherever they like. I am trying to introduce the concept of money. They are having a lot of fun pretending to plant, but they told me they wished they had real dirt and water. I let them know that we will be doing more of that outside.
Lastly, we are trying an experiment with grass seed. Apparently, if you put the grass seed in any shape, it will grow in that shape. We decided to do our initials, however, we aren't seeing much growth. We'll see how that works out, and I will keep you posted on everything else as well.
Lisa
P.S. - Wish me luck I start grad school on Monday!!
Enjoy reading your blog. Good luck on grad school. You will do just fine. Kathy
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