Friday, March 27, 2020

Theme: Toilet Paper Tube Seed Starters!

Got toilet paper tubes?

Check out this video of me making a seed starter out of a toilet paper tube:



Why plant in a COMPOSTABLE cardboard tube?

*Because some seeds (like sunflowers and squash) 
don't transplant well:


*They don't like their roots to be disturbed!



*The cardboard tube can be planted directly into the ground when the seedlings are big enough and the cardboard will decompose into the soil!

As a follow-up for 4th and 5th graders, I had also recorded a quick math lesson on fractions: 



What other fractions can you notice wherever you are?



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