
They had an opportunity to get an up close look at a plant as they worked with a lab partner as a student scientist. In their second visit to us, students learned about leaves and that plants make their own food through photosynthesis and they had a chance to see real experiments about oxygen and carbon dioxide. In their third visit, students learned about the vascular system of plants and studied roots and stems. They examined xylem and phloem and watched a stem feed a flower. Finally, in their last visit, students learned about the reason for a flower and how plants make seeds. They examined a dissected flower so that they could observe the inside of the flower.