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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 12:38:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Heather Subject: Design a seed To: thinkingfountain@smm.org This was an idea I used this year to enrich a unit of study on plants and animals in the 3rd grade. The students really enjoyed getting creative with the idea. Design a seed This is an acitivity that can be used with any K-6 classroom. To enrich a study of plants and seeds, students can design a traveling device for a seed. After researching the various ways seeds travel (by wind, water, air, animals), students can create a new traveling device for a seed that will take it far from the mother plant to germinate and grow. For instance, using the example of a dandelion: a dandelion seed travels by opening up a parachute and being carried by the wind. Students can use materials such as paper, modeling clay, toothpicks, cotton, feathers, pipe cleaners...any variety of materials. This is a great way for students to show their understanding of how seeds travel by creating a physical model of a new traveling device for a seed. Heather MacQuilliam

• Glittering Bottle from James
• Clouds from Ruthie
• Design a Seed from Heather
• A shady plant or a sunny one?
• Links from Bob
• Birds from Ellen
• Space Station
• Maple Seed Science from Jonathan
• an origami bird from Kathleen

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