EXPERIMENTS: So Easy, Yet So Clever!

LIVING BEINGS
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SPREADING
   
 
1.- We want to have a new plant! What can we do?  
   
           
GERMINATION
   
 
1.- Let's investigate germination.  
   
           
GROWING
   
 
1.- What does a plant need to grow?  
   
           
ROOTS
 
 
1.- Let's compare roots!  
   
2.- Choose a root, draw it and colour it.  
   
3.- Label the root in activity 2.  
   
4.- let's think about root hairs.  
   
5.- Let's think about the tip of a root.  
   
6.- Why are roots important?  
   
           
STEMS
 
 
1.- Let's compare stems!  
   
2.- Can a stem help a plant to reach the light?  
   
3.- Let's think more about stems!  
   
4.- How do stems carry water and food?  
   
5.- Let's go on with stems!  
   
6.- What are stems for?  
   
           
LEAVES
 
 
1.- Let's think about leaves!  
   
2.- Let's look for the parts of a leaf!  
   
3.- Do leaves need sunlight?  
   
4.- Most plants, unlikely animals, produce their own food. Discuss about what three things plants need to prepare their own food, then draw and write them.  
   
5.- Photosynthesis!  
   
           
FLOWERS, SEEDS AND FRUITS
 
 
1.- Before the flower is open: what is in there?  
   
2.- Let's look at the parts of a flower!  
   
3.- There is an enormous variety of flowers. Look at the flowers below and write the number of flowers that you see.  
   
4.- Pollination happens when pollen sticks on the on the flower stigma.  
   
5.- Fertilization happens when a pollen grain reaches an ovule and this junction produces a seed.  
     
6.- What's outside and inside a bean seed?  
   
7.- Are seeds protected?  
   
8.- Seeds disperse in different ways. Think about how seeds disperse to avoid competing for water, space and light. Then draw and write.  
   
           
PLANTS