IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Today we had a lot of conversations about trees!  I noticed yesterday that a lot of friends were looking through the tree books and asking about roots.  “What are those?”  “What do they do?”  Today, with the help of white roses, we talked a little bit about roots.  During morning meeting, we added food coloring to jars of water and put the roses in them.  As a class we made predictions about what might happen.  Tylisha said she had seen it before and the flowers were going to change colors!  Some of the other friends agreed, but a few are still skeptical.  Check back in the next few days to see what happens!

What do you think will happen to the white roses?

Selah's tree

This afternoon, we celebrated the warm day and went outside to do observational drawings of the trees.  It was interesting to hear what the kids had to say about their noticings.  Max noticed the bark, or as he called it “skin” on the tree.  Wyatt noticed the buds at the end of the trees.  Selah noticed all the different branches.  They were so observant!

Wyatt was busy working on his tree drawing.

Salih was very focused on his tree.

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