Mrs. Miekle’s students connected with their partner site from Miami Country School in Miami Florida to compare the growth of their beans and lettuce sprouts. Each class shared the amount of sprouts, and their average height. The plants at Avon Heritage North are grown indoors using plant lights while Miami’s plants are grown outdoors with natural light.
To our surprise, the beans in Avon are taller that the beans in Miami Florida. The lettuce plants had opposite results. Miami Florida’s lettuce spouted 90% of their seeds while Avon’s had less than 20% sprouted. The classes will connect again in two weeks to compare their results again.
One of the highlights of the conference was Avon’s snow storm. The students from Miami Florida were excited to see the snow and to hear our students frustration with indoor recess. While the students from each site would love to trade places for the day, it is safe to say that the grass is greener in Florida.
The classes will move their lettuce plants to their earth boxes this week. The students in Avon predict that their lettuce plants will grow much faster in the Earth Box. In two weeks the students will know the answer to their hypothesis.
