2nd Grade Colonists and Modern Tools?!

As second graders establish their colonial families and village in the woods near campus, they will be harvesting crops from the TCS garden for different uses. But first, why not introduce some modern day tools and infuse some current science skills into colonial times?

Looking at plant cells under a microscope

Zeroing an electronic balance and pondering a tomatillo's weight in grams

How does a triple beam balance work and how can it help me think about mass and my harvest?