We finished up our Building Devices and Vehicles That Move unit in Science by testing our cars outside on the compound. Students were still modifying and tweaking their cars with each trip down the inclined plane. Our last unit is called Plant Growth and Change. We have been busy planting and propagating. Our first project is called Tomatosphere. We have received two packages of tomato seeds. One package spent six weeks on the International Space Station and the other package is the control seeds that have not left Earth's atmosphere. They are labeled L and M. We do not know which is which and will only find out when we send our final germination results into the website. The boys planted the M package and the girls planted the L package. They started sprouting yesterday! Next we planted pumpkin seeds. This time each child has their own cup with 2-3 pumpkin seeds growing. They have not germinated yet. In past years , students have grown their vines in their gardens once they bring their seedlings home and have actually had pumpkins to harvest in the fall! We will be observing, sketching and journaling about the process. We have some carrot tops propagating. They have already started to grow new leafy greens. And we have some leaves of a Christmas Cactus that will begin to grow roots to generate new plants. Tennis was amazing and the students skills improved steadily over the ten days of instruction. They were excited for gym each day. Several people came to talk to us from the Calgary Homeless Foundation, the charity we have chosen for our Entrepreneurial Adventure Program. It was really nice for the students to put faces to the charity and be able to ask all of the questions they had. Friendly letter replies keep rolling in bringing joy for the students. Morgan's letter to A&W returned with coupons for the class. Your child has a coupon for a free root beer and free french fries for the next time you go to A&W. Thanks Morgan and A&W!
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