Pressed Flowers Project by Cian Bordelet

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We were learning about plants a few weeks ago and here are some interesting facts:

• Algae and seaweed are the oldest form of life on planet Earth.

• Algae produces 50% of the world’s oxygen.

• Algae and fungi are living things that are neither animals nor plants.

• A medicine called penicillin is made from a type of fungus.

• Some desert plants called succulent plants store water in their stems.

• After rain falls, succulent plants can swell to more than twice their usual size.

• The baobab tree is the largest succulent plant in the world.

• During the day, the leaves of a plant make food through photosynthesis. They take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

• At night, the leaves take in a small amount of oxygen and release some carbon dioxide.

• Many types of seaweed such as dillisk, carrageen moss and kelp can be eaten.

• The sap from the stem of the giant hogweed can cause severe burns.

• Touching its leaves can cause blisters to form on your skin, which are made worse by sunlight.

• Three ways that seeds can travel called insect pollination, wind pollination and water pollination.

I did a project on pressed flowers. Here’s how I did it:

First, I got some flowers from my Nana’s garden. Then, I placed them in between two sheets of baking paper and into a heavy book. After that, I placed more heavy books on top of the first one. Now, all we had to was wait for two weeks until we could take them out.