Thursday, March 22, 2012

Classification: Vegetable or Fruit? You'll be Surprised!


Today, Jessica looked at pollen grains under the microscope. Here is what we saw:




Yesterday, Jessica took part in a fruit dissection lab.

She differentiated fruits and vegetables according to a scientific definition.


According to the scientific definition:

Science:
Tomato: Fruit
Beets: Vegetable
Cucumber: Fruit
Carrot: Vegetable 
Peach: Fruit
Celery: Vegetable
Lettuce: Vegetable
Papaya: Fruit
Green Pepper: Fruit

According to the everyday definition:
Regular:
Tomato: Vegetable
Beets: Vegetable
Cucumber: Vegetable
Carrot: Vegetable 
Peach: Fruit
Celery: Vegetable
Lettuce: Vegetable
Papaya: Fruit
Green Pepper: Vegetable

-Cucumber
-Bananas
-Pomegranate
-Raspberries
-Peach
-Nectarine
-Plum
-Blueberries
-Blackberries
-Watermelon
-Grape

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