Seeds

We started out first unit in science yesterday: plants. Yesterday we discussed the 3 main differences between plants and animals. Today we learned all about seeds. We cut into 8 foods and examined their seeds: cucumber, tomato, squash, lemon, orange, grapefruit, melon, and green pepper. The students pretended they were detectives and they investigated the various seeds. They learned that tomatoes have VERY small seeds. Melons have a LOT of seeds. Oranges, lemons, and grapefruits don't have a lot of seeds. Finally, they learned that if a food has seeds in it, it is a fruit and not a vegetable!! We saved all the seeds for a later project. More to come on seeds and other plant parts...