This winter, students in Kindergarten through Second Grade participated in a class on growing cycles.  We started this class out by talking about our cycles in our own lives. We discussed the months of the year and did an activity where we did all the cycles in a year from the month we were born until the age we are now.  We gathered data on people’s birth month, and graphed that data onto a birthday cake graph. Students brought in photos of themselves as babies as well as how long they were when they were born. We then used this information to create a “guess who” board with baby pictures on top and current photos underneath.  We used the length information to compare how long we are now to how long we were when we were born.

Our next classes looked at the cycle of a bulb. We dissected a bulb and discovered what it looked like inside. We then planted some bulbs so we could watch it change and grow. As we observed and measured out plants each week, we also labeled all of the parts as well as took apart a flower.  It was so interesting to see what’s inside.

Our last classes focused on corn. We used a pill splitter to cut open a piece of corn and see what it looks like inside. We put three ears of corn into three different environments to see what would happen to them.