16 August 2013

Exploring the diversity of seeds

We share our ideas in class.

A seed is:

  • Something you can plant/sow to get fruit and vegetables.  
  • A part of the plant that can turn into a new plant.  

With these ideas in mind, we meet Lorena Passarelli, a Teacher Trainer for the Programa Huertas Escolares.  Lorena gives us a lot of information about seeds.


 



She brings her private collection of seeds.





There are different seeds in it: lettuce seeds, peach seeds, pea seeds and lots more.


We touch the seeds.  We watch them with our own eyes.





 


We watch them with magnifying glasses.






We play a guessing game.


We classify them according to colour, size, shape and species.



 


















We are very happy.  Lorena gives us a piece of homework.  We must think what is inside a seed.  We are seed detectives now!