Seeds are Sprouting and Flower Power!

We are studying the Life Cycle of PLANTS in Science right now. We learned about the three parts to a seed-

1. Seed Coat

2.  Stored Food

3. Embryo

So we broke apart some lima beans to check out the actual parts and see if we could label them.

Our scientists hard at work.... 

We then placed them in baggies with damp paper towels to watch them SPROUT. However, for some reason, they did NOT sprout. But it's all part of the experiment RIGHT?

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So this following week, we studied more seeds. We had the chance to count, compare and observe the seeds of an ORANGE, an APPLE and a POMEGRANATE.

The students got their hands dirty (notice the art smocks) with those Pomegranate seeds! There were HUNDREDS in each half!

There was a secretary for each group who took notes on the amount of seeds, what they looked like and comparisons between the different fruits.

How could we do this activity and not eat those YUMMY POMEGRANATE seeds? Many of the students had never tasted them before, so this was a first.

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And yesterday, we took apart a FLOWER.

The students learned about the three main parts to a flower:

1. Petal

2. Stamen

3. Pistil

The students had to draw their flower on paper and label any part they could see.

Next, they ripped off the petals and drew the center of the flower, in detail.

Poor, pretty flower.

The students made observations about each part of the flower. They successfully found the petals, pistil and stamen. They also shook the pollen out onto a white piece of paper.

The third graders sure are working hard!

Have a wonderful weekend!!