We are scientists!

On January 6th we planted an Amaryllis bulb as part of our unit on Life Science.  Today we had our second science lesson with our Amaryllis.  It was Day 9 of our experiment.

Here are the ‘scientific steps’ we follow: 

I wonder, how much has it grown?

We began with our question: “How much has it grown?”.  We made estimates based on our visual observations.  Some of us thought it had grown 10cm, some thought 5cm, and some thought 2cm.

In order to find out we decided:

I think we need to measure it…

I try out our idea

So we did!

Here it is so far.

I observe what happens..

Our next step is to record what we have observed.

I record what I observe happening

We have a class chart to keep track of how it is growing.  We also each have an Amaryllis Log Book where we keep track of what is happening with our plant–along with all the things we are learning about plants in general.

 Here is our growth chart:

As scientists, we use captions, diagrams and labels to provide information.  Here are some samples of our observations:

Eila       Owen        Carter            Siena

I discover things!

We discovered that our Amaryllis had grown 2cm.  We can’t wait to see what will happen next!  If you would like to see last year’s Amaryllis–just search through the website’s archives!