Liberty Elementary Students Learn about Plant Growth

Students-learn-about-plant-growth-01Liberty Elementary second graders in Justin Martinson's classroom plant bean seeds after a reading a unit about plant growth from seed to produce, left to right, Owen Edlen, Kristen Britzke, Jocelyn Ringler and Christopher Kohnen.

Emily Wilt, student of library science and assistant manager of the Michigan City Farmers Market, read a book to the students about gardening and brought supplies to germinate a bean seed to encourage them to grow their own produce. Wilt, right, shows students Alivia Hutto, John Cherep and another classmate one of her plants that has already started to grow.