Garbage Jack is a mouse who lives in the bottom of a garbage can in a nearby park. He finds all kinds of things in there, especially mold and fungi. He hopes the first graders will help him identify these plants that never bloom. If you are online, click on the blue underlined titles to connect to the described Internet sites. When the site's homepage appears, use it to locate the desired information.
Students explore distinguishing features of a variety of plants, discovering plant classifications.
They observe a magnified sectional view of the roots to see an animation of water and minerals moving into the xylem of the roots and up the root. Similarly, they see the inner workings of a magnified stem and leaves. They begin by learning about the materials that are needed for the process and the materials that are produced. Students label the inputs and outputs of the machine in sequence, each time learning more about how the process works. Students experiment with soybean seeds in a greenhouse to find the optimum temperature condition for germination.