https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants A co-created webpage made by Mr. Giraldi's inquisitive Grade 3 students! en-us 2017-11-03 15:15:56 UTC 2026-01-29 20:15:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203334629 1. Life Cycle of a Plant (Soorya)
What are the three different life cycles of a plant, and what does each mean?
http://extension.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts1b.html

2. Growing Plants Indoors (Sarah)
What are the seven different things a plant needs to grow indoors? Make sure to explain each of the seven stages in your own words!
http://extension.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts3a.html

3. What is Soil Made Of? (Gabriel)
What are the four things soil is made up out of? Is soil alive? Why or why not?
http://extension.illinois.edu/gpe/case2/c2facts1.html

4. Soil Types (Janmay)
What are three different types of soil, and explain their size and characteristics in words meant for people who aren't soil experts!
http://extension.illinois.edu/gpe/case2/c2facts2.html

5. Seeds (Sofia)
What is a seed? Can it travel/move? Are seeds important? Explain in your own words!
http://extension.illinois.edu/gpe/case3/c3facts1.html]]> 2017-11-03 15:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203334629 markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203335061 Bonus Question #1 - Easy (Penny)
What does a plant need to grow well? What happens if it gets one of these, and not the other?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/plants_grow.shtml

Bonus Question #2 - Hard (Penny)
What are the four words we use to evaluate different rocks making up our soil? What does each of them mean? Please give an example for each one!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/rocks_soils.shtml]]> 2017-11-03 15:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203335061 markgiraldi https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203336138 One of the organisms living in our soil is the mole. Moles use their webbed feet and strong shoulder muscles to literally swim through the soil! Unlike their cousins the shrews, moles are almost blind. They use their sense of smell and the ability to feel vibrations to find food and navigate. Moles help control populations of harmful insects. Digging is hard work. So an active mole must eat about half its entire body weight each day!]]> 2017-11-03 15:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203336138 780968 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203355959 Sand is the largest in the soil. When you rub it, it feels rough. This is because it has sharp edges. Sand doesn't hold many nutrients.
Silt is a soil particle whose size is between sand and clay. Silt feels smooth and powdery. When wet it feels smooth not sticky. Clay is the smallest of particles.Clay is smooth when dry and sticky when wet. Soils high in clay content are called heavy soils. Clay can also hold a lot of nutrients, but doesn't let air and water trough it well.



]]> 2017-11-03 15:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203355959 788046 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203356756   To grow a plant indoors it needs seven things to grow.They are space, air, the right temperature, sun, water, time and nutrients. Nutrients will help the plants grow faster and keep it healthy.Most nutrients are mixed with water.But be careful!This fertilizer won't solve all of your plant problems.To much fertilizer will sometimes hurt your plant.
  Plants will need big flowerpots for enough space. Plants need room to grow because their roots need room to grow so they can live longer.
  If the temperature is too hot or too cold, your plant will die very quickly.The right temperature is between hot and cold.
  Plants have little holes in them, so small you can't see them. These little holes will help the plants absorb oxygen which helps them breathe.
  Plants need sunlight, too.Just like us plants need it to grow. It's going to help them grow and live longer.
  What else do we need....? Water, of course! Plants need water to stay hydrated.
Last thing is time! Plants need time to grow in order to be beautiful.
  ]]> 2017-11-03 15:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203356756 786461 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203359092 A life cycle mean's when something changes into something different before it was.
The first stage is Annual and a plant that finishes it's life cycle in one growing  season. It will grow, flower,set seed and die.The second life cycle is perennial and it can live for 3 or more years .It could grow, flower, and set the seed for many years. Under the earth parts may regrow new stems as in the case of herbaceous plants, or the stems may live for many years like woody plant (trees). Biennial is a plant that needs to grow two seasons to complete it's life cycle. It grows vegetatively (produces leaves) one season.Then it goes dormant or rests over the winter. In the spring, it will begin to grow again and grow flowers, set seed, and die.The seed that is left behind on the ground germinates and cycle begins again.

]]> 2017-11-03 16:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203359092 866056 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203359500 Soil is made of 45% rock particles, 25% water, 25% air and 5% leaves.
There are silt soil, sand soil, texture soil and clay soil. Soil has alive things in it like worm and apple corn. Soil is made out of organic matter.


]]> 2017-11-03 16:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203359500 781548 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203991909 If a plant is going to grow it will need: sunlight,water and warmth and if you just give it one of the three things or none of them it wont grow.]]> 2017-11-06 16:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203991909 866056 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203994919 Soil needs water and heat to grow well. If there is too much of any of them the plant is going to die.]]> 2017-11-06 17:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203994919 781548 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203997343 The four words are permeable,split,wear well,float. Permeable means can the object take in water. Split means can the object cut in half. Wear well means to be able to fade easy. Float means to be able to not sink in water. ]]> 2017-11-06 17:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203997343 780968 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203998878 When you give a plant only heat and no water the plant drys out or dies because too much sunlight is not good for a plant.When you give a plant too much water it will die because too much water is not good for a plant.When you give a plant the right amount of water and sunlight the plant will grow and stay healthy.]]> 2017-11-06 17:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/203998878 886137 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/204814765 A seed is a small item that you plant in the ground, and it grows into a plant. Seeds are important because they help you grow trees, and trees give us important things like oxygen. Seeds can't move, but they travel by moving forces like wind, water, plants and animals.]]> 2017-11-08 14:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/204814765 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/204966986 If a plant gets to much of something it will not live because if the plant gets to much heat it will die and if you add to much water it will get to wet.]]> 2017-11-08 18:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/204966986 886137 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/204977301 A plant needs heat,water and light to grow to it`s full height but it has to have a equal amount of all of them. If a plant gets one of these and not the other than it will not be able to grow to it`s full height.]]> 2017-11-08 18:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/204977301 788046 https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/204978714   If a plant only gets sunlight and no water, it will dry out and die. If it gets only water and no sun, it will flood and die.Either way,it will die.]]> 2017-11-08 18:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/markgiraldi/plants/wish/204978714