Glenavy School Room 2 Garden Blog

Glenavy School has been learning about gardening. First we learned about the story of a seed and how a potato grows. Everybody planted some potatoes and within a week or two they were already sprouting.

 On our second week, we did garden maintenance and weeded before planting carrots and kale. We learned about germination. Germination is when a seed starts growing its roots and its shoots.

 

On our third week together, we read the fairy tale Jack and the Bean Stalk. Then, every student planted a bean in a jar. Each student has a hypothesis about how tall their bean will grow and how long it takes to germinate.  Each bean was planted in wet tissue inside a glass jar and placed in a sunny spot. It took 2 weeks for the beans to sprout. Some of them are rotting and some of them have grown to the top of the jar. 

 

On the fourth week, we learned about which parts of the plant we eat. Depending on the vegetable, we eat roots, leaves, flowers, tubers, and stalks.  We made a collage with photos of different vegetables for each part of the plant that we eat.

On the fifth week, we did a bug hunt and searched for biodiversity in the garden. Overall, we had a lot of fun gardening with Sophia and we hope she can come back soon. We learned about growing vegetables, went on a bug hunt, and had fun too! Thanks Miss B and Room 2!