We cleaned and weighed our potatoes, before cooking them. Can you read the scale, to work out how much we grew?
We served them with our home made butter from yesterday. What do you think they tasted like?
This afternoon we had great fun harvesting our rocket potatoes. How many potatoes did we find? How much do you think they weighed?
Just look how the courgette plants have grown in the warm weather. We also noticed a fourth seed has sprouted. What else is a courgette known as?
Just look how our 2 courgette plants have grown over the weekend! What do you think made them grow so much?
This afternoon we have been learning about the parts of plants and how you can identify different plants. We planted a geranium in the outdoor learning area and went for a walk to see how many different types of plants we could find.
We checked on our courgette seeds again today and found another one has germinated! If we have planted 23 seeds and 2 have germinated, what percentage have not germinated yet?
We have been checking on how our courgette seeds have grown over the Easter holiday. We noticed the compost was warm and damp, only 1 seed has sprouted so far. How many do you think will germinate? How many courgettes will grow altogether?
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This afternoon we have been checking on our potato investigation. We were amazed at how much it had grown above and below the ground! Although we only planted one potato, there are two stems growing. One measures 10cm and the … Continue reading
Sheridan was the first person in our class to bring in an old pop bottle, so he got to plant our extra chitted potato for our experiment. We planted the potato and covered the bottle with newspaper to make the potato think it was underground. How much do you think it will grow over Easter?
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April 11, 2014 in Science, Wild Wombridge, Wombridge farming award
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