Introduction: I have been placed in a 3rd grade classroom at McCorkle Elementary school with a teacher named Emily Adams. It is not typical in Mrs. Adams class to have science, so when she informed the children of what we were going to do they were thrilled! I conducted a “science talk” that to my surprise went really well and the students were really into it. They are normally a chatty crowd that does not always pay attention or listen to their teacher. This conversation and discussion with peers was the opposite and I’m excited to share it with you today. I was not planning on asking two questions but the conversation kind of went in a direction where I felt that it could benefit from both questions. The two questions I asked were “Do all seeds look the same? Why or why not?” and “what do seeds need in order to grow?” I decided to ask these questions because after approaching my mentor teacher she said they will soon be reading some material about plants and I thought it sounded fitting that we talk about the steps before they become a plant. They brought some good insight to the table, along with funny commentary and some good funds of knowledge!
Student Conceptual Ideas: For my first question, the students were all in agreement that seeds in fact do not always look the same. Some students were fairly quiet about their opinions but I was just sitting back and listening to their commentary. One student said “One time I saw a fuzzy seed when I was on vacation!” Some
All five groups recorded the outcomes that they established. For our bench, we found that nine raddish seeds in the control dish, zero raddish seeds in the eucalyptus dish, and four radish seeds in the lemon dish germinated and sprouted. Our bench also found that the average seed length for the control was thirty one millimeters, for the Eucalyptus was zero. and for the Lemon was eight and a half. Below, is a chart and graph that shows the whole data as averages from all five benches. Each bench did the exact same experiment so we knew nothing would be biased.
Starting off this lesson, we will ask the students what they had for dinner the night before. We will write down some of the food on the board for the class to see. We will then ask the class if these are foods that a plant could eat. We will then explain that plants cannot eat the same food we eat but they have their own food. After explaining that plants cannot eat the
“ There are your radish seeds everyone.” Said Mr. Susick. The whole class looked around at each other with a blank confused face. It was the first day of junior year in my English class. Mr. Susick started talking about how our first assignment would be to grow radishes. We were all thinking, how in the world does gardening relate to English class. I had heard about this project from previous juniors but none of them said what the real reason was. All Mr. Susick said was that you need to let the project teach itself and get into nature. He left us with one bit of information along with the requirements to start. The main goal of the assignment was to extract your own universal truths. For the first time in English class,
There are many ways to obtain seeds to grow flowers in the springtime, but not all seeds were created equal. Sunflower seeds, for example, can be bought at a garden store in a packet for $1.5 dollars per 6 gram packet, but they can also be found in bird seed for $3.53 dollars per 10 pounds. This experiment intends to find if the germination of a store bought packet of sunflower seeds matches the germination rate of sunflower seeds obtained from a bag of bird seed. While both seeds will germinate, it is believed that the bird seed will not be as robust in growth as the garden seed, due to the fact that the garden seed is made to be grown, while the bird seed is made for consumption.
The results observed do not correspond with the outcome predicted by the hypothesis. Despite the nature of the subjects of the experiments, no substantial growth was observed. Only one seed of the 36 planted germinated, and it could only survive for a period of a week. The one seed that germinated reach a height of 1.2 cm. Table 1 presents the average growth observed in each quad. Each quad had a total of 12 seeds. No seeds were removed during the course of the experiment.
Objective: Children will be able to describe the differences and similarities of fruits and vegetables; they will talk about their length, weight, and color. Children will make observations, separate objects into groups based on similar attributes, compare lengths and mass, and develop questions based upon observations using the
Round seeds (R) are dominant to wrinkled seeds (r), and yellow seeds (Y) are dominant
Therefore, I was correct in my hypothesis that dark will have an effect on the germination of radish seeds. Also, I was very close in predicting that the seeds grown in the light will germinate twice as much as the seeds grown in the dark; the control seeds grew a little less than double the size of the experimental seeds. Ultimately, my experiment proved that light is a very important factor in the growth of any plant. However, I’ve learned that seeds grown in the dark will germinate, though slowly, as
I elicited and built upon student’s response to promote thinking and develop understanding of science concepts through questioning to get student think critically about what they did at each station and how it fit together what we see happen outside the classroom. it can be seen in the video clip 2 lesson 4 minute , it can been seen in the video that students are actively engaged in answering questions and are willing to give their insight into situation. In video clip 1 The students watch a video about the chemistry of carbon. and while the students watched the video there were a list of the question that each students need to answer it, and one of these questions was asking about “what the protein are made off “This provided students
Henrico County is located in the central region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has an estimated population of 321,924, making it the fifth-most populous county in Virginia and the sixth-most populous county-equivalent in Virginia. It is surrounded by the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, New Kent, and Richmond. Henrico County has a total land area of 234 square miles and a population density of 1,410 persons per square mile.
METHODS/PROCEDURES: In the beginning of the experiment, pea seeds were used in order to perform the experiment. It was extremely important to acquire good, dry, and viable seeds so the process of germination could occur. A handful of these healthy seeds worked best in assisting the experiment. The seeds ability to germinate was a vital information needed to determine the outcome of the experiment.
When I think of planting seeds, I am often reminded of the story of the boy on a beach. An old man watched the boy from a distance, as he bent down and picked up starfish stranded on the beach. One-by-one, he tossed each starfish back into the open arms of the sea. The old man, jaded by the world, approached the boy and asked why he would even bother. It didn’t matter! It was impossible save them
A sower had dropped seeds in four different types of environments: a hard, empty footpath, a rocky ground with little soil, a bunch of thorns, and an area of good soil. All of the seeds that unfortunately fell in bad environments had unsuccessful outcomes. Birds ate up the seed in the hard, empty footpath. The sprouting of the seed that fell on the
I get my pot ready and gently plant the seeds into the soil. It’s a bit fiddly whilst wearing dragon hide gloves but I manage it. I water them straight away. I sit down and look at them. I don’t know what I expect to see. I
I taught at back home in Saudi Arabia, so I think my teaching context would be different and a little more interesting to read for teachers from outside my country. To build a base for this paper, first I am going to write briefly about the educational system there. Then explain a little bit about my city, community, and school. Lastly, focus on my teaching contexts, class, and students.