Pumpkin Plants and Beetle Metamorphosis in One Week!

Last week we planted pumpkin seeds.  We came in yesterday to find that our plants have sprouted seeds. Ms. Switzer and I set out a recording sheet and some snap cubes for the children to observe and record the growth of their plants.  We talked about the parts of a plant and that even though some plants were not showing the stem and leaves, they had roots starting to form in their cup.

We thought it was interesting that the seed was still attached to the sprout!

The children got to work measuring their plants.

We will leave the cubes and recording sheets out for the children to track the growth of their plants.

Our Mealworms Have Morphed into Beetles!

This week has been an exciting one for inquiry.  Our mealworms have finally started to change to beetles!

The children even foundone walking around today with the pupa (cocoon) still attached to it.