Planting Your Journey North Tulip
Garden:
All in a Morning’s Work!
We
thought you might like to come along with us and visit Mr.Dave Kust’s
fourth grade classroom in Minneapolis, MN to see just how an enthusiastic
Journey North classroom might manage the tulip project on planting day.
On an unseasonable chilly morning in mid-October the students came to
class armed and ready with science notebooks, garden trowels and tulip
bulbs. The triple-beam balances stood at the ready along with rulers and
string, and each bulb was accurately measured for the record. Even the
garden plot had been turned over thanks to some help earlier in the week.
Because we
started early in the day, all our energy and excitement was focused on
the task at hand and we accomplished everything- weighing, measuring,
recording, drawing, predicting, graphing, digging and planting -in just
over 2 and a half hours!
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Tulips
planted. Students recording information in their journals. |
Here was the morning schedule:
9:00 AM Bulb Experiments:
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Weigh Bulbs |
Calibrate triple beam balance
Weigh bulb, in grams |
Measure Circumference |
Measure in mm |
Make Predictions |
Use comparisons |
Sketch |
Into Science Notebooks |
10:00 AM Plant
Outside |
Label your bulb |
Place at bulb spot |
Draw a Map |
Show where yours is |
10:45 AM |
Snack and Discussion |
1. Graph bulb weight (class) and circumference
2. Calculate mean, median and range of each |
11:15 AM |
Discussions |
Experiments
(“What If”s) |
Take a peek at some of the highlights from this productive morning:
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