Mrs. Baldwin's 3rd grade class in Granite Falls is taking on a similar hydroponics project. Our plan is to communicate with Mrs. Neisius and her 2nd grade class at Lakeview, so that we can compare our projects. We will try to complete the same steps at a similar time so that our projects will grow at a similar pace. It will be interesting to compare our results!
Our class "started" our seeds last Monday, September 16, by putting corn and cucumber seeds between paper towels on a couple of trays. We then soaked the paper towels with water. Our job is to keep those paper towels moist enough to help "germinate" the seeds.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Germination
Monday, September 16 - As we embark on this adventure we are going to need some plants. What better way to observe, than to watch them from the beginning stage. We "woke up" our seeds today by placing them between wet paper towels. We germinated corn and cucumber seeds. We will be sure their surroundings stay nice and moist and will check on them next Monday and hope to see some sprouts!
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Welcome to our blog! This summer while the kids were out playing, swimming, camping, vacationing and enjoying time out of the classroom their teachers were in the classroom, but as students for a change. Mrs. Neisius, a 2nd grade teacher Lakeview in Cottonwood, MN and Mrs. Baldwin, a 3rd grade teacher at YME in Granite Falls, MN traveled to the University of MN Southwest Research and Outreach Center in Lamberton, MN for 10 days to venture into the world of plants and growing them Hydroponically. Now that the school year is underway, they are ready to share their learning with their students. Stay tuned as they begin to set up their own Hydroponics lab in each of their classrooms.
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