What a heartwarming day we had with our grandparents visiting. The auditorium was swelling with pride as our grandparents heard each grade perform hymns of praise on the stage. Our principal, Mrs. Leadford, recognized the grandparents who had traveled the farthest, those with the most grandchildren, the oldest, etc. Those are always fun to hear. Then we gave our grandparents tours of our room, introduced them our teacher and friends, and showed them our seed booklets. We also gave them an acrostic about them, a paragraph, and let them see our drawings of how we think we will look as grandparents. Now those are funny!!! Riley and her nana are enjoying minute of this memorable day.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Grandparents' Day
What a heartwarming day we had with our grandparents visiting. The auditorium was swelling with pride as our grandparents heard each grade perform hymns of praise on the stage. Our principal, Mrs. Leadford, recognized the grandparents who had traveled the farthest, those with the most grandchildren, the oldest, etc. Those are always fun to hear. Then we gave our grandparents tours of our room, introduced them our teacher and friends, and showed them our seed booklets. We also gave them an acrostic about them, a paragraph, and let them see our drawings of how we think we will look as grandparents. Now those are funny!!! Riley and her nana are enjoying minute of this memorable day.
Science: Problem/Hypothesis/ Conclusion
We have been learning about plants in science and decided to conduct an experiment with bean seeds. Our problem: "Do be
an seeds need light to grow?"; Our hypothesis: " Bean seeds do need light to grow"; Our conclusion: " Bean seeds DO NOT need light to grow". We took bean seeds and planted cups filled with potting soil, lightly watered them, and then placed our cups in a place where they received plenty of light and in a box 
where it was totally dark. We recorded our observations for several days. To our surprise, we found that the bean seed
s in the dark GREW almost as rapidly as the seeds planted in the light. The cotyledeon stayed on the stems to provide nourishment for the tiny seedlings. Then it slowly shriveled up when the seedling began to mature. Later we found that the plants in the dark began to grow faster than the plants in the light!!! They were desperately trying to find the light. A very obvious observation was the fact that the plants in the dark were light yellow or white compared to the deep green of the seedlings in the light. Chlorophyll production was noticably different in the two environments.
an seeds need light to grow?"; Our hypothesis: " Bean seeds do need light to grow"; Our conclusion: " Bean seeds DO NOT need light to grow". We took bean seeds and planted cups filled with potting soil, lightly watered them, and then placed our cups in a place where they received plenty of light and in a box 
where it was totally dark. We recorded our observations for several days. To our surprise, we found that the bean seed
s in the dark GREW almost as rapidly as the seeds planted in the light. The cotyledeon stayed on the stems to provide nourishment for the tiny seedlings. Then it slowly shriveled up when the seedling began to mature. Later we found that the plants in the dark began to grow faster than the plants in the light!!! They were desperately trying to find the light. A very obvious observation was the fact that the plants in the dark were light yellow or white compared to the deep green of the seedlings in the light. Chlorophyll production was noticably different in the two environments.After completing our observations over nearly two weeks, we made tri-fold displays to show what we had learned. Pierson is definitely proud of his efforts. Good job, Pierson!
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