Clover and Hay Facts
Activities
- Find a nice field of clover, and take your students outdoors to look for four-leaf clovers.
- Students measure the area they are searching and determine the probability of finding four-leaf clovers, based on the area covered and the number of four leaf clovers they find.
- Students make graphs showing the different kinds of plants found in the area.
- Students use magnifying glasses to examine the clover and other plant material in the area.
- Students compare clover with dandelions and other plants in the area. List differences and similarities on a Venn diagram.
- Students use clover to construct multiplication facts. (Four clovers with three leaves each has how many leaves?)
- Students use clover to demonstrate thirds.
- Students make clover jewelry by gently tying one clover flower to the nxt until they have strings long enough for a necklace or bracelet.
- Make clover bookmarks: Put a clover leaf between two sheets of white paper, and press between the pages of a heavy book. In a few days, when the clover has dried, take it from between the pages of paper. Cut a strip from colored construction paper, and carefully glue your clover to the top end. Laminate your bookmark to make it last longer!
- Gather a mess of clover to use as a natural dye. Students guess what color the dye will make. Fill a large pot with clover, and cover with cold water. Simmer for 10 minutes, then turn off the heat. Cover the pan, and steep the mixture for 30 minutes. Use a strainer to remove the greens. Provide each student with a square of unbleached muslin. Place the muslin in the pot and leave it overnight. Next day remove the squares and hang them to dry.
- Grow clover sprouts. Get seeds at a health food store.
- Describe the smell of cut grass.
- Describe a day in the life of a field of clover.
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