After learning how plants spread out their seeds to help ensure their survival, we were challenged to create our own "seed dispersal devices to carry a lima bean seed as far as possible. We planned, designed, and built our devices.
Then we tested them to see how well they traveled with the wind, which was provided by a fan!
This testing helped us determine which features helped the devices carry the seeds farther. We used this information to design new devices which were more effective.
We tested these new devices and measured the distance each was able to carry its seed.
Our devices were successful in spreading out the seeds!
It was also fun to learn about the various parts of a plant and what they do to help the plant survive. Did you know that the purpose of a flower is to make seeds so that there can be more plants? We learned about the parts of a flower. Then we had to make a scientific drawing of a flower and label its parts.
Our real challenge came when we had to design a flower model which would attract a specific pollinator. We worked hard on our designs and came up with a variety of lovely flowers...and they had all the parts needed to produce seeds!
Surely these flowers will be a delight to their pollinators!
During the spring, the vegetables seeds we planted near the playground grew and grew. In May, we were able to harvest our crops. Don't they look great?
It was fun to pick the crops that we had grown....but it was even more fun to eat them! The fresh vegetables were DELICIOUS!
