Nonvascular Plant Demonstration 2012

Within the Plant Kingdom a plant is either classified as a Vascular Plant or a Nonvascular Plant. The majority of plants on Earth fall into the Vascular Plant section. Why might this be? The 6th grade Scientists took a look at this to determine why there are more Vascular Plants than there are Nonvascular Plants. One demonstration that helped with their research was the "Nonvascular Plant Demonstration." Check out our pictures!

SO Exciting ;)

In the end, we found that the reason there are more Vascular Plants on Earth is because Vascular Plants are better suited for living on land. They contain vascular tissue (true roots, stems, and leaves) that help to support the plant and efficiently pass nuturients and water throughout the plant body. In our demonstration we found that our "Nonvascular Plant" (the rolled paper towel) took quite awhile to spread the water/nutrients throughout the plant.