Wisconsin Fast Plants: Life cycle of a plant

Thursday, November 3, 2011



We enjoyed our unit on the life cycle of a Wisconsin Fast plant and I was so impressed with the materials we purchased from Carolina Biological.  It is one of my favorite resources for science supplies and lab activities. Their catalog is huge!

In just a little under 45 days the children were able to see the plant grow from a seed, pollinated plants using dried bees, and harvested seeds from the seed pods produced after pollination.


making  pollination wands from dried bees

pollination wands


Don't ask me what I did with the photo of the seed pods or the seeds...But trust me, we had them!

This hands-on approach coupled with notebooking made this unit not only fun but a learning success!


Do you like teaching science through hands-on labs and experiments?  If so, what are your favorite resources?

Teacher Mom

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is great. Thanks for sharing. I've never heard of Wisconsin Fast Plants but I'll check them out. We too are studying botany in our homeschool co-op and this may be a great project for us!

Beth (www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com) said...

I just saw your blog at the Homeschool Blog Awards and decided to come check you out. So glad I did! Lots of great stuff here! I am going to spend more time browsing, but wanted to let you know I was here.

I am your newest follower and would love for you to follow me back, if you want to =-)
Beth

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