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HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
CELEBRATING LEARNING
IN PRIMARY
ROOTS, SHOOTS AND FRUITS
Roots, Shoots & Fruits, a scientific unit of inquiry,
investigated why over thousands of years plants
had become so successful and even outlasted the
era of the dinosaurs. Students in Year 6 started by
dissecting plant species into their biological parts
and drew diagrams to understand the nature of
their development.  The class went on a field trip
to Parcul Natural Vacaresti to collect different
species of plants, flowers, fruits and seeds to
brought back to class and classified. Based on
their findings, students devised their own
investigation to present as part of their Exit Point.
Some of the exhibits on display were terrariums
that students used to explain what plants need in
order to live and grow. A model Venus flytrap to
show how plants attract insects, and plants that
had grown in water without soil to explain the
function of roots.
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