Friday, 28 September 2007

Coloured flowers.

First we cut some flowers.


Then put some red food dye in a jug and some water in another jug.



We left it for a bit and when we looked at it again the flowers had turned pink.


We wanted to see how the water got up the stem from the roots.

Friday, 21 September 2007

Our special Worm World.

At first, we were digging in the Class garden for potatoes. We found 8kg of potatoes all together. Then we accidentally found a worm and picked a worm wrangler to make sure the worm didn't get hurt. Then we made a wormery to find out how a worm moves and finds its way around.

To make our wormery, we got some soil and put some sand over the top. And we kept on putting soil then sand, soil then sand so it would be easier to see how the worm moves.




"The worm felt all slimy and stiff", said the worm wrangler. "It was stretching and trying to get out of my hands."



We put the worm in the wormery and left it overnight. The wormery has a special cover to keep it dark. When we got back we looked at the wormery and the worm had moved.



This photo shows the gaps where the worm has been digging.




Then we put some water in the wormery to keep it alive, because when it rains they get water in their soil. We put some old parsley leaves on the top to let it have something to eat.