Plant Life Cycles

We are studying the Life Cycle of Plants.

We practiced making a hypothesis, which is a good guess as to what will happen next in our experiment.  

Our question is:  Will a stem grow 
in water or soil? 

This is our Question:

We made a sentence frame for our hypothesis:

My hypothesis is that a stem will/will not grow in soil/water because . . . . . 

First we examined the stems using a magnifying glass.

Next we described the properties of the 
stems and plant pieces.

Then we got our journals out and 
formulated our hypothesis.

My hypothesis is that the plant will grow in water because if you touch the plant, it feels like water is inside the plant.  Inside the plant there is something green that takes in the water.

My hypothesis is the stem will grow in soil 

because it will grow back roots.

My hypothesis is that the stem will not grow in water because water does not have nutrients for the plant to grow.  The plant needs nutrients because the nutrients give food to the plants so it can stay alive.  

My hypothesis is that the plant will grow in water because if you touch the plant, it feels like water is inside the plant.  Inside the plant there is something green that takes in the water.

My hypothesis is that a stem will not grow in water because it does not have roots.  The plants need water, sun, soil and space to grow. 


Last we drew plants and labeled the parts of the plant, making sure our drawing matched what we observed.  

Student Collages ala' Romare Bearden

For our art project during Black History Month we created collages in homage to Romare Bearden.  We hope you like our work!

Here is our inspiration from the book,
African-American Crafts Kids Can Do!

We started by putting our pictures in the windows.  A big thank you goes to Mrs. Goodman who brought in laser cut houses to work with.

Next you gather up all the images you cut out from magazines and other pictures the students and I had of them.

We glued the images inside the windows of your house or on the sidewalk, yard or street.

Mrs. Goodman worked in a small group to help
each student with their collage!

It takes a lot of thought to decide which image goes where.  

This student brought in pics of her family!

I really liked this house also!  Each one was very specific to what that student brought, cut and colored on their artwork.

I just love that picture of her in the window of her house.

And here are the finished collages, mounted and held by each artist!  Thank you Mrs. Goodman for working with 44 students to finish this massive project!

Each collage is unique and special, just like the students!

I love the huge purple flower!

I love NY too!

I like this one a lot because this student has a picture of her family inside and she glued on a tiara in her picture!

This is one of my favorites also, this student brought in all the pictures and also fabric from clothes the family had.  Every image has meaning!