Students explore plant genetics, hybridization, and nutrien t requirements and discuss botany vs. horticulture. In this greenhouse activity, students explore soil types, ecosystems, and living systems interrelated to them. Water is essential to all living things but it is a limited resource. Students will study water properties. Water quality, and discuss the impact humans have on our fresh water resources.
Birds Learn about the relationships between backyard plants and birds.
Students begin to identify different types of birds native to the region and migrating through our Quad Cities area. Weather and time permitting, the group may visit the outdoor bird feeding station, sponsored by Quad City Audubon Society. Students examine co-adaptations of particular plants and insects and examples of dependence and mutual benefit. Basic insect and plant anatomy will be highlighted during the adaptation study.