For science today, we were focusing on learning about flowers. We experimented on a hibiscus and dissected a flower to study its anatomy.
First, we wrote down the goals and outcomes for this experiment which were to know the parts of a flower and be able to dissect. We then wrote our thoughts on flowers and what we already know about them.
We watched a video and discussed the purpose of the different parts of a hibiscus because it was the flower we used as an example of this experiment. Then we began our experiment.
For the experiment, we watched a short tutorial video explaining the key parts of dissecting a flower. We started by removing a petal and sapel of the flower and then cutting a straight line down the style. We carefully removed the pollen tube.
As a side experiment, we placed a piece of pollen onto a slide and then placed the pollen slide underneath a microscope and then observed the pollen closely.
I enjoyed this experiment and learning about flowers. One thing I learnt was that a flower is made up of both female and male cells, meaning that is it bisexual. I found this fact interesting and cool because it is something new that I learnt.
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