We enjoyed our unit on the life cycle of a Wisconsin Fast plant and I was so impressed with the materials we purchased from Carolina Biological. It is one of my favorite resources for science supplies and lab activities. Their catalog is huge!
In just a little under 45 days the children were able to see the plant grow from a seed, pollinated plants using dried bees, and harvested seeds from the seed pods produced after pollination.
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| making pollination wands from dried bees |
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| pollination wands |
Don’t ask me what I did with the photo of the seed pods or the seeds…But trust me, we had them!
This hands-on approach coupled with notebooking made this unit not only fun but a learning success!
Do you like teaching science through hands-on labs and experiments? If so, what are your favorite resources?
This is great. Thanks for sharing. I've never heard of Wisconsin Fast Plants but I'll check them out. We too are studying botany in our homeschool co-op and this may be a great project for us!
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Beth