Hey Bloggers!
Welcome back to another blog post!
Today I will be talking about dissecting a flower.
I chose a rose that was growing in our garden.
Dissect means to take apart, or to cut open to study the insides of an living object or thing.
I know, it doesn't really sound nice does it?
Well, luckily it's a flower.
I know, it doesn't really sound nice does it?
Well, luckily it's a flower.
So I started by taking apart some of the petals, I even cut open the hip or the rose, which you will learn what that is if you don't know already in my drawing.
I made a google drawing explaining all the parts of the rose.
I also added some words in to describe the textures and looks.
I thought it was really interesting looking into what it looks like in a rose, it also had some really peculiar textures on the inside of it.
Have you done some similar things like this?
What did you do it on?
Would you like to try to dissect a flower too?
Enjoy!
Hi Mia,
ReplyDeleteI am so impressed with the diagram you have made, it looks so professional. Subarashī shigoto! (Excellent work?!). I think it is useful to have described the textures too.
When I was little Mum gave us rosehip cordial when we had a cold because it is high in vitamin C. I tried making it when my boys were little (internet recipe), it was challenging/painful! I soon worked out why even though there were briar rose bushes everywhere on the farm, mum bought ours in a bottle from the shop!
Do you know what each part of a flower is for?
Ka kite ano
Ms Lange
Hi Ms Lange! It's Mia here. Thanks so much for commenting! And yes, you did get the meaning right for your japanese, good work! I have never heard of rosehip cordial before, does it taste very nice?
DeleteNot really, I was merely searching the parts of the flower, although I did learn that some of the Stamen, which includes the yellow bits of the anther and filament are important for the reproductive system of the rose.
Thanks a lot again!
Mia
Kia ora Mia,
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting and informative blog post. Your diagram is really clear and I love that you used the picture of your experiment. I thought your explanation was clear and you have some great questions.
I don't think I'd connected Rose Hip with actual roses, but now I have. I remember learning about this sort of thing back in my early high school days but that was a while ago.
I wonder if you could compare a rose with a different type of flower, say an iris, to see if they have the same parts?
Thanks for sharing Mia,
Mrs Spragg
Hi Mrs Spragg, thanks for commenting! wow, that probably was a while ago, maybe when I go to highschool next year, I will learn more about these kind of things.
DeleteI looked at the parts of an iris, to see what the differences were. They both have a stamen, which includes the anther and the filament, they both have petals (which is kind-of obvious) and they both have stems, the stigma and most other parts a rose has. But a rose does not have falls, I think this is referring to the fallen petals that are dangling down on the iris.
Thanks again!
Mia
Great researching. I'm not surprised that they are mostly the same ... kinda like humans eh?! Iris' are pretty amazing to look at. I'm going to be planting roses and iris in my front garden.
DeleteAnd eeeek! High school next year. Guess you guys are looking around at them ... well, looking at websites anyway. I wonder how they will promote themselves if they can't have open days?
:) Mrs Spragg
Hi Mrs Spragg, it's Mia here. That's so cool! planting iris and roses! What color and varieties do you have?
DeleteYep, highschool, it kind-of freaks me out to think that I will be going there so soon... o-o
Well, I think most of the school's aren't really doing much promoting except for the websites. Private school on the other hand, if you signed up for a visit, they have been sending emails about applying and things like that.
I don't really mind too much where I go, as long as I can have fun and learn.
Thanks!
Mia
Kia ora Mia.
ReplyDeleteThis is Miss Waho from Ara Tū Whakatā Gilberthorpe School.
I am in a meeting and we are looking at some great examples of blog posts.
I am so impressed with the information that you have shared and labels you have written in your diagram.
I haven't dissected a flower before but at my primary school, we dissected a pig's eye. I would like to have done a diagram but I think we were so grossed out by the eye and didn't pay attention to anything else.