This week in Science we made a lot of noise exploring the parts of a flower. It started with a picture book by Dianna Hutts Aston & Sylvia Long, A Seed is Sleepy. Students explored how seeds were sleepy, secretive, fruitful, adventurous, inventive, generous, ancient, thirsty, hungry, clever, and even sometimes naked! Then the pounding began! Flower Pounding that is :)
Students brought in flowers, hammers, cutting boards and wax paper. They tore apart the flowers, looking at the insides discovering many of the things that we read about in our book. Some of the conversations began with these observations:
Students brought in flowers, hammers, cutting boards and wax paper. They tore apart the flowers, looking at the insides discovering many of the things that we read about in our book. Some of the conversations began with these observations:
"Did you see that my flower has tube as petals?. Is that how it catches the rain?"
"My flower has seeds inside seeds inside seeds."
"Why does a white flower turn blue when it is pounded?"
"What happens when you pound leaves? Can you pound leaves?"