Plants in our Midst #4 - How Does a Plant Grow?

 How does a plant grow?

The children are still trying to figure out how the closed dandelion flower turned into dandelion seeds on our collage. We watched The Magic School Bus - Gets Planted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDSWH9IInQ) and learned that a plant needs water, air and sun to grow. However, there was no water on our collage. Is it possible for a plant to grow without water, just dirt? It is time for an experiment! We planted beans in three different pots (Pot A, Pot B and Pot C). Pot A has dirt and a bean, pot B has dirt, a bean and water and pot C has a bean and water. What will happen to the seeds? Which will grow?

For our art activity, the children dotted with cotton swabs to imitate the look of dandelion seeds. Lucas felt it looked so real that he tried blowing his "seeds" off the paper.