For this year's spring project, the girls planted seeds we had hanging around the house in jam jars with wet paper towels, rather than dirt. The lack of dirt makes the roots much easier to observe and monitor. Frances did most of the work; Chandler drank her bottle and twiddled her hair.
Frances's innovation was labeling everything, because she's a nerd.
It was one of the few projects that didn't end with me saying, "How do I underestimate the potential for mess every time?" So far we've learned that wet seeds not exposed to the sun will rot. The jam jars must be rotated. Live and learn. We may start the project again, but the seeds on the sunny sides of the jars are doing really well. We'll see.
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