Wednesday Inventor Prompt: Deforestation
Invent for forests! Let’s learn about deforestation, and what we can do stop it from continuing.
1 - Grab a ziploc bag, cotton balls, sharpies, water
and seeds.
2 - Decorate your bag using the sharpies.
3 - Place cotton balls and seeds inside the bag and add water.
4 - Once your seeds grow, take a picture and share!
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Ziploc bag
Cotton balls
Sharpies
Water
Seeds
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25+ minutes
What Others Have Shared:
Make It Your Own:
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Where will your plant live? Make alternate homes for your plants, like paper mache plant cups.
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Invent a home for your plant that will make it grow faster, stronger and healthier.
Invent another way for us to reverse deforestation. How can we grow bigger, healthier and stronger forests?
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Code your micro:bit to track how your plant is growing. Make a self-water machine that knows when your plants need more water and when they don't.
Code an animation of how your seeds will grow out of the ground. Include the different stages of growth: germination to sprout to seedling to tree.
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If you have extra seeds, what experiments can you try with them? Test out how your seeds grow in different conditions -- less sunlight, less water, in different containers/homes.
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Make a stop motion animation of what you expect to happen to your seeds and forest! Include the different stages of growth: germination to sprout to seedling to tree.
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Design a special garden box to hold your seeds once they sprout. Will it be a smart garden box that knows how much water and sunlight your plants need? Add features to it to make it eye-catching and functional.
