Our challenge this week was a little different to those we have had in the past. In keeping with our unit of inquiry into living things, we firstly took a good look at the school garden beds. We talked about what we could see above the soil, then discussed what might be below the soil. The children expressed their knowledge and made connections with their responses: "There are roots for the plants to eat nutrients and drink water", "there are worms that make food for the plants", "the roots squiggle around and loosen up the soil so that the plants can grow better". We then moved garden beds to where the carrots were growing. It was here that the children consolidated that some vegetables grow under the surface: "the carrots have tap roots - a big root with lots of little roots coming off it", "the carrot is actually one of the roots and it grows bigger".
We then moved inside where the children were briefed on their challenge for the session: to express their knowledge of what happens above and below the ground with plants.
We were very impressed with how the children tackled this challenge, with confidence and creativity. Take a look at the videos below to see what they did...
We then moved inside where the children were briefed on their challenge for the session: to express their knowledge of what happens above and below the ground with plants.
We were very impressed with how the children tackled this challenge, with confidence and creativity. Take a look at the videos below to see what they did...