Brooklyn Childrens Museum and our Plant Observations Tanya
Lopez Katherine Festagallo Kristi Hoag
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Tanyas Plant
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What Tanya did for her plant As I filled the cup with soil I
added about 6 seeds clumped up together and I added about a handful
of water. The cup was also placed outside the window and I noticed
that for about a week nothing was happening. I checked the soil and
the soil was frozen. Since the soil was frozen I decided to change
the whole thing. I added new soil to a plastic cup and I added
about 4 seeds but I spread them out. I added only two table spoons
of water and left it near the window for direct sunlight. After 4
days I noticed Tiny sprouts. By week one there was one sprout with
leaves. By week two and three two more sprouts came up with leaves
and by week four a new one had sprouted but not as much as the rest
of the seeds.
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Kats Plant
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What Kat did for her plant Week One: put 5 seeds, watered once
a day, kept by the window, it snowed or was very cloudy, nothing
grew. Week Two: watered every two days, some days were kind of
sunny. I assumed the plant to be dead, nothing grew. Week Three:
first three days of the week, didn't water, still thought plant was
dead. Fourth day, saw a little sprout fifth day watered and seventh
day watered. Week Four: watered every other day, still kept by
window but was sunny outside-plant is growing.
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Kristis Plant
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What Kristi did for her plant Throughout the past few weeks, I
have been trying to grow a plant from a seed in a plastic cup. It's
been really hard to grow. In the beginning, I gave it lots of
water, added only 3 seeds and put it by the window so it would get
plenty of sun. There was a couple of weeks where it snowed and
rained a lot, and it wasn't very sunny outside. That could be a
huge reason why the plant didn't grow much. As the weeks went
along, I didn't give it as much water as I did in the beginning.
There were also days were it was nice and sunny out, but still the
plant would not grow. I thought it was dead for a while, but then
one day it started to grow a little bit more and I knew it was
still alive. It's still going strong, and I hope it continues to
grow.
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Our Plant Similarities: Little sunlight- more sunlight as the
weather became better. Too much water at first. Used basil seeds.
Four weeks of growth. Tanyas Differences in Planting Placed her
plant outside. Added too many seeds to the soil. Growth occurred
four days after. Restarted plant & used 4 seeds instead of 6.
Kristis Differences Kristi added 3 seeds Placed it near her window
Watered plenty everyday Kats Differences Kat used 5 seeds. Watered
every two days didn't water on week 3. After 3rd week watered every
other day
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Virtual Museum http://www.brooklynkids.org/
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Virtual Trip Experience The virtual site very informative on
the museum, giving information about each specific exhibit, school
programs, parties, and other information such as contacts,
donations, and visiting information. As we looked through the
exhibits with the pictures and information online, it doesn't
compare to the actual on site trip. Not all the exhibits have
information on the hands on activities, and some don't show enough
pictures. They do show some specific information on exhibits, like
the Garden and Con Edison Greenhouse, which provides background
information and plenty of pictures on the activities to do, and
being respectful towards plants, and Totally Tots for children
under five years old. Exhibits such as World Brooklyn, and the
Sensory Room, provided more words but no or limited pictures to
show what the exhibits looked like. Nonetheless, just by looking at
the virtual site, it would definitely be a place we would take our
future children, even if we didn't visit it previously to witness
all the magic.
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Brooklyn History The Brooklyn Children's Museum, which was
founded in 1899, and was the first museum to be designed especially
for children to do all kinds of hands on activities. It's the only
children's museum in New York City, and also one of the few in the
country. This museum inspired the making of 300 more museums for
children all around the world. The hands on exhibits and use of all
its collections, it engages children from pre k all the way to high
school in learning experiences. The museum encourages children to
develop a sense of understanding and respect for themselves,
others, and the world around them by exploring culture, the arts,
sciences, and the environment.
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Brooklyn Childrens Museum On Site Trip!
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Part One *Water Wonders was a great hands- on activity where
you can discover different creatures that may live in the ocean.
*There was a sand box, a water tank that had waves with toy sea
creatures. *A wooden boat with pirate hats and paddles were
available for children to go inside and discover the life of a
pirate at sea.
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Part Two *The "From Here to There" exhibit had many fun
activities to show how things moved by land, sea, and air, while
learning about the laws of motion, gravity, and friction. *We
launched a colorful hot air balloon by turning up the heat and
watched the hot air balloon grow and rise up. We moved boats from
one water levels to the next by operating the canal lock system.
*Also, we even sent colored balls through air tubes from one place
to another in a rushing channel of air. The balls zoomed from that
station to a station on the other side of the room.
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Part Three *The World Brooklyn exhibit was great, because it
was a cityscape of different ethnic stores for children. *Also, we
went to the stationary store and tried the Chinese calligraphy,
went inside the traditional lion costume to make it move and dance,
and built a lantern out of red envelopes. *We went to the Mexican
bakery and played with the giant mixer, weighed ingredients, shaped
the pretend dough. *We went to the L&B Spumoni Gardens
Restaurant, and made play pizzas, spumoni ice cream, and tuned up
the Vespa parked outside.
