Root craft

This week started out with another cool box creation! My neighbors brought me another box, and the cardboard corner pieces begged to become a ball track. We rolled ping pong balls (yes, I rolled some too,) whenever the box was available. I finally retired the bean box midweek, when all the beans were spread all over the floor. Twenty-one ping pong balls are easier to pick up than 3000 beans! One of the things I wanted to include this week was more science. We started learning about trees by…

OBJECTIVE Learn how a tree uses it's roots to drink and move water up to the leaves. BOOK What Do Roots Do? by Kathleen V. Kudlinski EXPERIMENT Investigate how roots "drink" by dipping the edge of a piece of paper towel into water (food coloring optional). I recomned food coloring because it will help you see the ater climb. The water will climb up the paper towel. Record what you did using this simple Science Lab Recording Sheet. ART Create roots by cutting and gluing yarn. Tree Roots…

When we think of trees, we often envision the canopy of branches and leaves above. But what about all those roots? Drawing tree roots can be a great challenge for artists and art students alike, but it's also an important skill to master if you want to become a more well-rounded artist. In this blog post, I'll give you 10 easy steps to draw tree roots with just a few marks on paper!

Kids Root Viewer - Easy Hands-on Activity. Giving kids a chance to see what is happening underground helps to understand growing seeds.

After we made our flower we moved onto learning about trees. Bubble was fascinated by the roots so we Googled some pictures that showed how...

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Some parents may not have had a chance to see our plant models from our plant science unit. I thought I would share a few pictures of them and explain the concept. To visually display the plant parts and functions of those parts, my students made plant models from colored paper, two green pipe cleaners, brown yarn, a small ball of green clay, and a clear cup. You can see the results below. Labels were made with the name of each plant part and its function (not shown in pictures). The plant…

Land art for kids combines playing and creating art in a natural environment using leaves, rocks, sticks, and other nature items as well as light and water.

Made this textured tree with swing for a teacher's wall in her classroom. So many options throughout the year.