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| sections:otters:meetings:plants_and_seeds [2024/04/17 16:57] – [Items Needed:] lizkc | sections:otters:meetings:plants_and_seeds [2024/04/18 12:12] (current) – [Items Needed:] lizkc | ||
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| * Many of the foods we eat are grown from propagating a single parent plant through cuttings, division, or grafting. This allows you to maintain desirable characteristics over time. Many fruit and nut trees are grown this way. Bartlett pears have been grown this way dating back to 1770. | * Many of the foods we eat are grown from propagating a single parent plant through cuttings, division, or grafting. This allows you to maintain desirable characteristics over time. Many fruit and nut trees are grown this way. Bartlett pears have been grown this way dating back to 1770. | ||
| * Look at carrot tops and seed germination demos | * Look at carrot tops and seed germination demos | ||
| + | * Talk about how carrots grow (they are biennial, so the first year the seeds turn into carrots, then the second year they produce flowers that produce more seeds) and why you won't get another carrot directly from regrowing the top, but you could from the seeds. | ||
| * Put seeds in damp paper towels to germinate | * Put seeds in damp paper towels to germinate | ||
| * Snack & read story | * Snack & read story | ||
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| * Wind, Water, Animals, Explosions, Fire | * Wind, Water, Animals, Explosions, Fire | ||
| * Adaptation: how does where the plant is located inform its seed dispersal mechanism? | * Adaptation: how does where the plant is located inform its seed dispersal mechanism? | ||
| - | * Make simple bird feeders from pine cones, | + | * Make simple bird feeders from pine cones or toilet paper rolls, sun butter/crisco, and bird seed. |
| * Closing Ceremony | * Closing Ceremony | ||
| - | * Send each kid home with the seeds they sprouted, a carrot, the instruction and observation handouts, and their birdfeeders. | + | * Send each kid home with the seeds they sprouted, a carrot, the instruction and [[https:// |
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| * Sprouted Carrot Tops for Demo | * Sprouted Carrot Tops for Demo | ||
| * Sprouted Pea & Carrot Seeds for Demo | * Sprouted Pea & Carrot Seeds for Demo | ||
| - | * Carrot Top Sprouting Instructions | + | * [[activities: |
| * Seed and Carrot Top [[https:// | * Seed and Carrot Top [[https:// | ||
| * Paper Towels | * Paper Towels | ||
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| * Sharpie | * Sharpie | ||
| * Carrots (the ones that have greens at the top work great for this) | * Carrots (the ones that have greens at the top work great for this) | ||
| - | * Pine Cones | + | * Pine Cones or Toilet Paper Rolls |
| - | * Sun Butter | + | * Sun Butter or Crisco |
| * Bird Seed | * Bird Seed | ||
| - | * Twine | + | * Twine or yarn |
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