EXPERIMENTS: So Easy, Yet So Clever!
LIVING BEINGS |
PLANNINGS | ACTIVITIES | HELPFUL INFORMATION | INTERESTING LINKS | BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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. | |||||