Babel School in Taiwan

Second week of studying sprouting radishes has come to an end. We had to change the order of some experiments as our radishes were sprouting at different times than the book predicted :-) . DAY 11 - THURSDAY We've finished the assignment for Thursday a day early :-) DAY 12 - FRIDAY The seeds that we planted at the very beginning (on day 2) did not want to sprout. So on Saturday we planted them again, but ... only seeds in pot 2A sprouted, pot 2B shows no change, strange... Today's assignment was to draw how the radish plant looks like in 1:1 scale. Take a look at Jas' work: You have to have your eyes at the plant level to draw it correctly. Two more drawings will be made, one next week and another in two weeks. This way we will see how much the plant has changed. Starting new experiment - GROW, GROW, GROW More aluminum planters needed to be made today.  For the next week and a half we will be observing the growth of radishes in thes...

To read about the very beginnings of our 'radishes' please go to PART 1 and then PART 2 . DAY 8 - Monday The only thing we were supposed to do on that day was to go back to the notes from last week and draw a SPROUT GRAPH. Our graph turned out a bit different from the one expected by the authors of the book - our seeds have sprouted much faster and much better (thank you Taiwan for warm and humid weather!). DAY 9 - TUESDAY It's time to reuse the box that was used for observation of seeds and sprouts during last week. This time we have to make a hole in the middle of the bottom side and cut off the lid. Then we need to place a paper towel through the hole and set the whole box on top of a jar with water (in a way that the paper towel will be submerged in water). Paper towel pushed through a hole on the bottom of the box. The box with paper towel is placed on top of a jar with water. Inside the box we placed another piece of paper ...

DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY The radishes in the box started to show leaves! You can also see the tap root. Drawing the 5th stage of sprout growth. Stages 4 and 5. The bar graph showing how many sprouts are at each stage.   Starting new experiment - FOUR ENVIRONMENTS We are observing how the seeds sprout in four different environments: dry - no water at all (seeds on the lid) very wet - seeds submerged in water (inside the water filled jar) wet with plenty of oxygen - seeds on a wet paper towel wet with little oxygen - seeds on a wet paper towel covered with plastic foil DAY 4 - THURSDAY Growing taller. Now most of the sprouts are in stage F (6) and almost the same number of sprouts are in stage D (4) and E (5). Starting new experiment - NIGHT AND DAY Let's observe how the seeds sprout in complete darkness and how under sunlight. One jar will be completelt dark and the other will have plenty ...

Od czasu do czasu udaje mi się zagonić Zosię do zrobienia jakiś innych lekcji niż tylko matematyki i edytowania filmów. W tym tygodniu czytałyśmy np o antycznym teatrze greckim, czyli o czymś czego polska młodzież uczy się w liceum. Po przeczytaniu tego, co było w podręczniku Zosia miała zrobić notatki z lekcji. Oto co powstało po dwóch dniach studiów nad teatrem: Jeśli prezentacja poniżej nie działa jak należy do proszę kliknąć tutaj .

Jaś has always liked green plants, he loves going to the flower market, buying plants and taking care of them. He likes sewing seeds and watching them grow. For the past few months I've been planning to start growing some flowers and vegetables with him. Three weeks ago we went to the flower market and bought all we needed - seeds, soil, potting pots and a few grown plants. Unfortunately it's been raining every day since then and we were not able to start sewing the seeds. But ... I remembered that together with all the Sonlight science books came two TOPS books, both about growing things. And so we've pulled out the "Green Thumbs: Radishes" book and started the 4 weeks long project. DAY 1 - MONDAY This is our master list of what needs to be done when. I love when it's all neatly arranged and I don't need to think too much :-) . Preparing the base for the seeds to grow on. 20 radish seeds are neatly placed on a wet paper towel inside...