Right now is a good time to knock out several Biology experiments. Let’s start with the flower dissection. Every time I teach Biology, the Botany unit falls in early spring. Daffodils are expensive! Do the flower dissection, Monocots and Dicots lab, Geotropism lab, and a Phototropism project now! Seeds are both inexpensive and available right now—especially after July 4th. Even fake flowers are on sale. One April I used fake daffodils for the flower dissection.
Informal garden experiments count, too! We’re pursuing our annual quest to grow tomatoes. Right now I’m researching blossom rot, sickly cilantro, and why the only vegetables we can grow successfully in the raised bed are cucumbers. Document! Take photos, make sketches! Create spreadsheets recording growth, lime or fertilizer applications, and amount of rainfall with a homemade rain gauge. You know Fall gets crazy. Knock Botany off your list.
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