Science

Grade 3 ~ Life Cycle of the Brassica Plant
Plant Growth and Development: Children plant and observe the growth of Brassica rapa. Records of growth are kept and used to construct charts and graphs. The students pollinate the flowers with dead bees and harvest seeds. Plant Growth and Development was developed by the National Science Resources Center with support from the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution.

The project below is from a class Power Point presentation. The images are from our microscope with our own Brassica plants. Students came up with the story board for the presentation and created separate pages to trace the life cycle of the Brassica plant. With minimal help from the teacher, the students compiled and edited the pages to come up with one presentation. The project was a great opportunity for students to combine science, math, reading and writing. You will find real-life graphing activities that connect to the math curriculum. In creating the PowerPoint, we also considered text features of informational reading and writing.
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