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Science Fruit or Science Vegetable?

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Two young boys focus on arranging colorful vegetables on a white plate in the foreground, set against a blurred green and white background.
Science Fruit or Science Vegetable?
Orchard Place

Third-grade students in Mrs. Schwartz's science class learned the difference between a science fruit and a science vegetable.

Small white plates filled with sliced vegetables and greens sit on a wooden table in front of a blurred window.
Students sit in a classroom facing a large projection screen displaying a lesson about why plants produce fruit.
A young boy in a black hoodie holds a pencil at a desk in the foreground, with other students blurred in the background of a classroom.

The class started with a video showing how some produce grows from a flower and how some grows from roots in the ground.

People sit in the foreground watching a presentation of a biological specimen with red arrows on a projection screen in the background.
A young boy with glasses and a black jacket sits at a desk in the foreground, while a girl is partially visible beside him against a background of light-colored wooden planks and a green patterned wall.
A young girl in a yellow shirt and blue hoodie looks attentively forward while sitting at a desk in a classroom with other students blurred in the background.

The main point of the lesson was why plants produce fruit. Before starting, students received a worksheet and a vocabulary guide.

Students sit in a classroom watching a projected close-up image of a yellow flower and green bud.
A young boy in a blue Fila shirt rests his chin on his hand while holding a pencil in a classroom with other students and shelves in the background.
A young boy in a blue shirt looks thoughtfully to the side in a classroom setting with school supplies and a "BE GREAT" sign in the background.

The video showed how a watermelon starts from a flower and how you can identify what it will eventually grow into at an early stage.

Children in the foreground look at a large projection of a white flower against a plain wall.
Several students sit at desks in a classroom, with a white board and wooden shelving in the background.
A blurred boy sits in the foreground while a young girl looks on from her desk in front of a wooden shelving unit.

Mrs. Schwartz then paused the video and showed the students a radish, tomato, cucumber, potato, and celery, asking whether they thought each item was a science fruit or a science vegetable.

A smiling blonde woman holds up a small red potato in the foreground against a background of a purple wall and educational posters.
A young girl in a green jersey sits at a white table with pencils and paper, with a blurred boy in the foreground and wooden shelving in the background.
A young girl in a purple shirt writes on a piece of paper in the foreground, with another child blurred in the immediate foreground and a soft-focus classroom background.

Having just learned from the video, the students were eager to tell her what each item was.

A smiling young boy in a blue shirt sits at a desk with a plate of vegetables in the foreground, while another student and a green wall are blurred in the background.
A hand reaches toward a white plate of sliced vegetables on a wooden table with papers and a pencil in the background.
Two young boys smile while arranging vegetables on a white plate in a brightly lit indoor setting.

Next, each pair of students received a plate with samples of the fruits and vegetables.

A young girl in a blue cardigan examines a green plant in the foreground against a bright lime green wall and blurred classmates in the background.
Two young boys laugh and play with radishes at a table in a brightly colored classroom.
Two young boys focus intently on arranging food on a white plate in the foreground against a blurred green wall in the background.

They used toothpicks to dissect each sample, looking for seeds and other details to help them determine if it was a fruit or a vegetable.

A young boy in a blue shirt focuses on a red tomato in the foreground, with a blurred green background.
A person's hands use toothpicks to pick up a slice of tomato from a plate of vegetables on a wooden table.
Two young girls focus on creating food art with vegetables in the foreground, while colorful bins sit on wooden shelves in the background.

For each example, they answered three main questions:

  • What do you think it is: a science fruit or science vegetable?
  • Did you find seeds? (Yes or No)
  • What did the class decide?
A young boy in a blue shirt focuses on molding a small piece of red clay in the foreground, with a blurred person in green and a soft-focus background.
A hand holds an orange pencil over a "Science Fruit or Science Vegetable" worksheet on a white table.
A young girl in a pink DKNY shirt looks at a plate of vegetables in the foreground against a blurred classroom background.
Two young girls smile and interact over a plate of food in the foreground, with a blurred classroom setting in the background.

When they finished, Mrs. Schwartz asked the students to share their conclusions so they could determine the overall class decision for each item.

Two young boys focus on preparing a plate of sliced fruits and vegetables in the foreground against a bright green wall in the background.
A child's hands hold an orange pencil over a science worksheet on a wooden table.
Two young girls smile while playing with vegetable pieces on a table in front of a wooden shelving unit.

They then watched a second video featuring a man who explained that because the mangoes on his tree come from flowers and contain seeds, they are considered fruits.

A person's hands write on a "Science Fruit or Science Vegetable?" worksheet resting on a white table.
Three children sit at desks in a classroom with a lime green wall and purple grade-level signs in the background.
A child's hand rests on a printed article about wild sunflowers, with other papers and a pencil visible in the blurred background.

He also showed how carrots grow underground and explained that what we eat is actually the root of the plant.

A young girl in a yellow shirt and blue jacket writes with a pencil in the foreground, while other students and colorful classroom supplies are blurred in the background.
A young girl with braided pigtails and a green shirt writes with pencils in the foreground against a blurred classroom background.
Two young boys sit facing each other at a desk in a classroom with a plain white and grey wall in the background.

The big question was whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. Ultimately, the students decided that it was a fruit because it grows from a flower and has seeds.

Out-of-focus heads of people in the foreground watch a projection of ripe mangoes and green leaves in the background.
Two young girls focus on their work at a table in the foreground, while other students and a blurred classroom setting appear in the background.
A young girl with glasses and a white sweater focuses on her work in the foreground, while a blurred classroom setting fills the background.

They had a great time learning about science fruits and science vegetables while getting to look at the actual produce and see what they could find themselves.

Two students sit in the foreground watching a presentation of a flower on a large projection screen in the background.
A young girl in a blue jacket looks upward while sitting at a desk, with another student wearing safety goggles blurred in the background.
Students in a classroom look toward a projection screen displaying a debate over whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable.
A young boy in a black hoodie sits at a desk in the foreground, with other students and wooden shelving in the blurred background.

 

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