Following an interest in plants during our recent Climate Zones mini topic we have been learning more in sciences.

We knew most of the main parts of a plant from previous learning but now better understand what they all do.

We understand that humans can eat many plants and named many foods we know that are plants or derived from plants. We tasted papaya – a fruit – and radish – a root.

IT TASTES LIKE MELON.

IT IS A BIT SPICY. I DON’T LIKE IT.

I CAN SEE THE SEEDS INSIDE.

THIS IS A ROOT BECAUSE IT GROWS DOWN INTO THE SOIL.

To better understand the variety of plants around us and what each species needs to grow we investigated plants in the school grounds and made notes and observational drawings. We are going to discuss what we saw and work out what it might tell us about different plants and the conditions they require to grow well.