Grade One and Two News and Notes

Monday, 18 April 2016

What do Plants Need?

Experiment #1

Question: Do plants really need water to survive?

Method: Water one plant and do not water another.

Hypothesis: We think that the plant that did not get water will die.

Experiment #2

Question: Do plants really need air to survive?

Method: Cover the leaves of the plant with petroleum jelly.

Hypothesis: We think that the plant with petroleum jelly on it will die.

Experiment #3

Question: Do plants really need sunlight to survive?

Method: Put the plant in a box without light.

Hypothesis: We think the plant with no light will die.

Experiment #4

Question: Do plants need soil to survive?

Method: Cover the roots with oatmeal instead of soil.

Hypothesis: We think the plant in oatmeal will continue to live.

Experiment #5

Question: Do plants need clean water to survive?

Method: Use dirty dish water, puddle water, and cola to water the plants.

Hypothesis: Dish Water: We think the dish water will kill the plant

Mud Puddle: We don't think the mud puddle water will kill the plant.

Cola: Half of the students think that the cola will kill the plant.

Monday, 11 April 2016

This is a fun game to learn about the different kinds of words. You should know these kinds of words:
Nouns: person/place/thing
Verb: action words and being words
adjectives: words that describe a noun
adverbs: words that say how and where a verb happens
conjunctions: words that join thoughts together.

Parts Of Speech Quest