The children have been labelling the parts of flowers and exploring their functions. We also dissected the flowers and compared the parts. We noticed that some plants have lots of petals, while others have brighter petals. Some plants had thicker stems or different shaped leaves.
We investigated the function of the stem by using water and food colouring. We observed overnight how the water is transported through absorption. The stem of celery turned blue. Unfortunately, the white flowers did not.