As part of the topic, the scientists in Class LH have been finding out further information about plants and seeds. We continue to observe our bean seeds weekly growing in different conditions and keeping a diary. As writers, we have labelled the real plants that we pressed and then have found out what each part of the plant is used for. As musicians, we also learnt a song to the tune of "Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" about "Petals, Leaves, Stem and Roots" and enjoyed creating our own middle verse and then performing it in the class.
This week, the scientists established what makes seed
dispersal successful using the wind, water, animals eating seeds, seeds
sticking to animals or explosion. We
looked at a variety of plants from a range of habitats and discussed why some
habitats were not suitable for different kinds of dispersal whereas others were
much more suitable.
We enjoyed making a clay burr to represent a seed which
would stick to animal fur to be dispersed – some of us found it really tricky
to make the spikes but with perseverance we did it! We also made a dandelion which would disperse
in the wind and a sycamore ‘propeller’ which would float in the wind.
We had great success testing these in the hall and enjoyed
trying to make them fly high!
