Learning More About Seeds

    We are continuing our study of seeds by watching the germination of bush beans, corn, peas and sunflower seeds.  We placed seeds in a seed sprouter and the students put some seeds in mini-sprouters.  We used water to keep the seeds moist.  We soon saw the seeds swell and lose their seed coat.  Then a root pushed through and eventually we had a stem and some small leaves.  We also opened up a bean seed to find the embryo inside.

     We are now growing some bean plants hydroponically!  We used six of our bush bean seedlings and placed them on a raft in just water with nutrients added.   We will chart the growth of two of these plants and watch them go through through the life cycle.