FLOWERS

The flower is the blossoming part of the plant.
Flowers make seeds for the plant to reproduce itself.
Different parts of the flower do different jobs.
The colorful petals attract a pollinator
like a bird or insect.
The stamens drop pollen onto the pistil.
The pollen travels down inside the pistil
to the ovary. The seeds grow inside the ovary.
The flower looks beautiful but it has
a very important job to do for the plant.

CESAR CHAVEZ

In his own words:

"We need to help students and parents cherish
and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity
that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation."

SCHOOL GARDEN CONFERENCE

Three teachers from Longwood attended this year's conference at UCBerkeley.
We had a workshop on teaching birdwatching; a workshop on how scientists work;
a workshop on creating interesting activities for students in the garden;
and a workshop on basket making and weaving tule
like the Native peoples of the Bay Area.
There were more than sixty teachers altogether who participated
to share the knowledge about gardening in schools.

MORE PHOTOS

A SURE SIGN OF SPRING

Daffodils
William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

READ THE REST OF THE POEM HERE

HERE'S ANOTHER DAFFODIL POEM

A COLOR CHANGING EXPERIMENT by Room 16

The stem helps the plant move water from the roots to the leaves.
We did an experiment with an asparagus stem
to see how the water travels through the stem.
The water travels up through tiny tubes in the stem.
After a little time, the asparagus changes color
from the colored water.
You can see the color change in the leaves.