Are You as Tall as a Sunflower?

Another plant we've been exploring in my yard this fall is sunflowers. I had two sunflower plants mature and bloom this year.

By the time school started, both had started to droop and dry out. We've been checking every school day to see if the seeds in the middle are ready to harvest yet.

We decided to make some big sunflowers for our classroom. Last week we measured the height of our sunflowers using string. We also worked together to paint some large pieces of paper yellow so we could make the petals.

Over the weekend, I put the flowers together and hung them up on the wall.

Then every student had the chance to stand underneath one of the flowers to compare their height with both the sunflower and the other students in the class. We did this by writing our name on a green paper leaf, and using that leaf to mark the height along the stem of the flower.