BEANS!

 I wandered into Tāne Mahuta chatting to my friends and something felt different. At first I didn’t notice that the air smelled different, that it was darker and greener, until I went to put my lunch box on the shelf. then I saw it. the back of the classroom was covered with plants! It was the beans that we were growing by  the wall. I did not know that the bean seeds could grow that fast… could they? I felt a little scared so me and my friends ran out of the classroom. I went To the school office and I told the principal her name is Liz. I managed to puff out  overgrown plants! the principal said, confused what? I said, too much to explain come on! I said to the Liz. so she followed me down to class she almost screamed and ran out of the classroom. but she stood beside me and said I will go and call Georgina (she is the school cleaner) soon after she came and She said I can’t clean up that! Who do you think I am ? I don’t have the right tools. Liz can you call a gardener? Actually I can, so we went down to the office and  Liz called a gardening place. When they came they said that they could not cut the plant. It was too big and he did not want to damage  the roots.  Then I mentioned the specialist of plants. When they came they tried to cut the plant but the plant was too big so they left  the plant and they never bothered to worry about the plant ever again... antill next time.

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SEED DISSECTION.

We had 4 different seeds : lima beans, pinenuts, corn, chickpeas pinto beans. We carefully peeled off the seed coat. Then we broke the seed in half. One side had an embryo and the other had food supply . It was fun when  we found the embryo! I learned you can eat pine nuts . The most interesting thing was that every seed has a baby inside which it is also called the embryo. The part I liked   finding the embryo. It was fun. There are 4 stages in finding the embryo.

First you soak the seed for 24 hours then you take off the seed coat, break it in half carefully. One side will have the food supply 

which is called the cotyledon and the other side is called the embryo which is the baby.By Cylis, Isla.