Plants!

We started the day with a bang this morning, as we continued our exploration of plants and soils in Science. After working with seeds yesterday, the students got to (literally!) get their hands dirty investigating plants, as they learned about leaves, roots, stems, leaves, fruits, and seeds by handling (and dismantling!) some plants that their groups had been given. The room was bubbling with excitement, with comments ranging from "Eww... my hands are dirty!" to "This is so cool! I'm going to blog about it when I get home from school!" (here's hoping!). Here is some photographic evidence of their investigation: