Happy Tuesday!
Today, we continued exploring the mountains and focused on the plants that grow in this ecosystem. We started by reading Pine Trees by Avery Elizabeth Hurt, where we discussed how pine trees grow from a seed into a tall tree.
- How are you today?
D: I am sad in the morning (but later changed his answer to “happy”)
S: excited
K: excited
T: excited
Y: excited
M: excited
J: excited
J: excited
T: happy
K: excited
- Review
T: We learned if mountains are tall or short. And How mountains grow.
J: I can show you * moves like a mountain growing
S: From the plates. They push up.
D: I can do it with my legs *extend his legs up
M: Everest is the tallest
J: mountains can be volcanoes
S: cactus grow in the desert
M: cattails grow in the wetlands
- Book: Pine trees by Avery Elizabeth Hurt
What grows in the mountains?
S: pineapple tree
M: pine cones
T: pine trees
M: Tokyo Tower is 333 meters
S: The pine tree is taller than Cameron but not taller than Tokyo Tower
Why are there a boy and girl pine cones?
M: because they’re married
S: I wonder how many people will come to their wedding. I never knew pollen was white.
- Question of the day: Can little plants stay safe in the wind?
Y: Can little plants stay safe in the wind?
S: It’s connected to the ground with root
J: Yes, mountain is up to the sky and the mountain is top tall. Mountain can stop the wind.
K: under the tree and under the cloud and he cannot go out
T: because the wind I s not to strong. The tree is super strong so the wind cannot break the tree.
J: only volcano. Lava will go to Evita
After our discussion, we put a pine cone inside a tub of water and observed how it closes, just like when the female cone protects the seeds from rain and snow. We further investigated which would likely survive strong mountain winds: a tall tree or a small plant. We taped a long straw and a short straw on the table and simulated strong winds. In the end, we found out that small plants can withstand mountain winds more than tall trees.
Why do (female)pine cones close in the water?
M: They need to help the seed!
D: If we put in the water, the pinecone might die.
S: Can we look at the pinecone?
Flowers: It’s close!
- Small plant and tall tree Wind test
K: short (straw)
J: tall!
M:short
T: tall
J: short
S: Both
Y: short
T: both
K: Tall
Experiment result: the small straw survived the strong wind
T: The long is tall so (it)fall down easily, the short one doesn’t fall down easily.
We noticed that pine trees are tall trees, how could it survive the strong winds? Then did our 2nd experiment of the day, can leaves affect a tree during strong winds? We attached big leaves and small leaves to two tall straws and observed which one could withstand strong winds. In conclusion, we learned that pine trees can withstand strong winds better than the usual trees because of their needle-like leaves and cone-like shape.
S: small (leaves)
Y: small
K: big
T: big
M: small
T: small
J: big
J: big
K: big
Experiment result: The tall tree with small leaves withstands the strong winds longer than the tall tree with big leaves.
Y: The big one is too heavy
T: because the leaves are very very small (needle-like).
Thank you for coming. See you all tomorrow!
Love,
Flowers