Moonflowers and Sunflowers

Sunflowers are thick stemmed flowers that turn their faces toward the Sun each day to grow taller and stronger. Moonflowers are smaller, more delicate flowers that grow on a vine and open their blossoms toward the moon in the evening and stay tightly shut to the Sun during the day.

I have given each student seeds, soil, and a container to create a habitat for their plant. We will not know which plant they have until the shoots begin to appear. The Homework Links provided here will help plot the growth of your plant and share your information about the progress of your habitat with the class. This project will be a fun adventure into the different flowers and the growing conditions in their habitats.

Here are a few questions to help get you started with your responses on this blog:

• Is your seed/plant in full sunlight or partial sunlight?
• Do you water the plant with cold water or room temperature water?
• Do you talk to your plant?
• Is your plant located in a busy part of the home?

Next month, we will continue our unit by exploring animal habitats. This will lead us to a virtual field trip to the Sierra Dessert, Amazon Rainforest and Australia! More details to come later...stay tuned!