1. Go Grow
Something!
Clare Siegel, Land Art Design

2. What are Types of Plants?
Trees are plants
Flowers are plants
Bushes are plants
Vegetables are plants

3. What Are the Parts of a Plant?
Stems
Tubes that carry water and food from the soil to the rest of the plant
Leaves and flowers grow from stems
Some plants have hard stems; others have soft stems
Roots
Collect water and minerals for the plant
Roots hold the plant in the ground
Some plants store food in the roots

4. What Are the Parts of a Plant?
Leaves
Turn sunshine and water into sugar (food) for plants
This is called “photosynthesis”
Flowers
Flowers make seeds that are the start of new plants
Flowers are pretty to attract bees and butterflies who scatter the seeds

5. What Are Seeds? A seed is the start of a new plant
Seeds come in many sizes, shapes, and colors
The outside of a seed is called a “coat” and it protects the seed just like your coat protects you
The seed contains the first food the new plant will eat before it can get its own food

6. How Do Plants Grow? Stage 1
When the seed has water, warmth and soil, it starts to grow inside the seed coat as a “germ”
Stage 2
A stem grows up from the germ
Roots grow down from the germ
Stage 3
Leaves develop on the stem
Roots grow bigger
Stage 4
Flower buds grow
Stage 5
A full-grown plant has leaves, stems, flowers and roots

7. What Do You Need to Grow Plants?
Seeds
Soil
Water
Plant food
Sunshine

8. Let’s Grow Something!

9. Today’s Plant Project Get a plant POT.
Pick the TYPE of seed you want to plant.
Line up and let a grown-up put SOIL in your pot.
Got back to your desk and put your SEED in the soil.
Add just enough WATER to your pot.
Take your pot home and put it near a SUNNY window.