Life Science, Week 30

Fruit Contains Seeds & Seeds Contain New Plants

Tessa studied fruits and seeds to see how new plants are formed.

Monday

• Read A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston.
• Read A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds by Jean Richards.

Tuesday

• Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: Plants, Grades 1-3 "The Fruit of a Flowering Plant Contains Seeds - What's Inside a Fruit?", "How Many Seeds?" (page 30, minus "Graph the Results" on page 31), "Is It a Fruit?" and "Seed Search" (page 31).

Tessa examined and counted seeds from various fruits. She learned that a fruit is a "suitcase" for seeds.

Wednesday

• Read From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons.
• Read Seeds Sprout! by Mary Dodson Wade.
• Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: Plants, Grades 1-3 "Seeds Contain New Plants - What's in a Seed?", "Examine Seeds" and "Are Seeds the Same Inside?" (pages 37-38).

Tessa examined the inside of a lima bean seed (soaked overnight to soften it) up close. Noting its seed coat and then the small shoot and food inside, she sketched what she observed. Afterward, she compared the seed to others of various types to see whether all seeds contain the same parts.  

Friday

• Read How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan.
• Completed Evan-Moor ScienceWorks for Kids: Plants, Grades 1-3 "Seeds Contain New Plants - Plant a Seed" (page 38).