We did some careful observing and hypothesizing today after noticing that the sunflowers planted in Mrs. Wrigley's classroom had already sprouted - and ours had not. Although we planted ours a day before, students wondered about the conditions needed for plant survival. We were quite perplexed because 1 (out of about 50) plants has sprouted. Bryn's sunflower seems to be thriving - while we have not seen any progress with the others. We wondered many things...
- Are they getting enough water?
- Are they getting too much water?
- Are the popsicle sticks (that are marked with our names) stunting the growth?
- Do they need more sunlight?
- Are the seeds planted too far down?
We will continue observing our plants to see if the changes we made will have an effect on the growth.
