First Grade, Terry A. Taylor Elementary, Spencerport, NY
I'm sending a picture of us planting our garden in the
fall along
with two pictures of our map that we have been using to chart the arrival
of spring. I have also included a few pictures of us doing indoor
experiments with some tulip bulbs. We are also working on a science
fair project that will display our hypothesis of the arrival
of spring and document our observations so far throughout
the school year.
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October planting |
...and here's the map! |
Our
class and our map |
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Indoor
Experiment: We wondered if a bulb really needed soil to grow. We took 2 bulbs and planted them in jars. One jar had soil and one a wet paper towel. |
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We have been checking the Journey
North site everyday to update our reporting map. We add green triangles
for areas that are observing emerging tulips and we are using
red circles for the areas that have blooming tulips. We have
the
Journey North site as a link on our class web-page so that the
students and their parents can check the site to see the updates.
This has
been a great way to keep parents involved with our learning. The
children go home and have the opportunity to share wonderful learning
experiences
with their family.
In addition to planting our outdoor garden,
we decided to have two different indoor experiments. We planted
a bulb in a jar with soil so that we could see if the indoor
tulip would grow faster than the outdoor bulb. We also planted
a bulb inside of a jar with just wet paper towel. We wondered if the
bulb really needed soil to grow. Our indoor bulb
with soil emerged in December and has continued to grow at
an extremely slow rate. Our bulb without soil began to sprout
around January, but seems to
have stopped growing now.
We have loved being
involved with Journey North and we
are eagerly watching to see our greenish-brown shoots grow into beautiful
blooming tulips! That is of course when our newly fallen snow finally
melts to reveal the beautiful results we have been waiting for!
- Renee Jock
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