Parsley grown in the dark:
Student observation of parsley in the dark: Parsley grown in the light: Student observation of Parsley: Basil At first some students were concerned that the parsley (in the light) was not successfully growing, but Kevin noticed, that according to our chart, it can take parsley 14-60 days to emerge from the soil. It only takes basil 4-10 days to emerge.Basil
Basil Illustration ParselyBasil is sprouting its second leaves.
Lobelia Some of the calendula seeds are growing on the capillary matting. Calendula Blue Flax Coreopsishttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46739932/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.T2FsX5jv-xI
Check out this site to hear the "throaty croak" of the Southern Leopard Frog!
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recNum=AR0034
Today, 6th grade students heard a portion of a lecture, "A Visit to the Mushroom Planet," given at Cornell by mycology professor, Dr. Kathy Hodges. (6S will get a chance to hear this tomorrow) As part of the lecture, students got a glimpse of the weird world of mushrooms, including the largest fungus (actually largest living organism) in Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon and my personal favorite, pilobolus! Ask your student to tell you about pilobolus.
Here is pilobolus in time lapse...
Here's an article about the Oregon fungus...
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=120049&page=1#.T2DKlzsc_io
Today we had two visitors from the middle school robotics team come and visit the 6D science class. They presented about their upcoming competition, their research/experimentation with food safety (the competition's theme) and the middle school robotics team in general! Everyone got to handle the robot!