1. What do these have in common? Corn Barley Bulgur wheat Oats Popcorn Rice Rye Wheat Wild rice Durum wheat Semolina wheat Sorghum Spelt Teff Triticale Fonio Kamut Millet

4. Grasses Have been grown as food for domesticated animals for up to 6,000 years. Have been used for paper-making since 2400 BC or before. Provide the majority of food crops, and have many other uses, such as feeding animals, and for lawns. There are many minor uses (e.g., bamboo is a grass, so all bamboo products fit here). Grasses are familiar to most human cultures.

5. Grasses Became widespread in the late Cretaceous But how do we know? Coprolite

6. Coprolites

8. Grasses have several main roots of the same size. leaves make a big part of grass plants,, most grasses have short stems covered by leaf bases.. grasses are efficient in photosynthesis

9. Grasses and… How are they alike and different?

10. Grasses and… How are they alike and different?

11. Grasses and… How are they alike and different?

12. Grasses and… How are they alike and different?

13. Or, for the botanists… Image from: http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/crops_livestock/crops/rice/weed+control/parts+of+grass+spikelet.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poaceae

14. Grass Family (family: Poaceae) http://www.getting-started-with-healthy-eating.com/list-of-grains.html Barley Bulgur wheat Corn Durum wheat Fonio Kamut Millet Oats Popcorn Rice Rye Semolina wheat Sorghum Spelt Teff Triticale Wheat Wild rice Gluten-Containing Grains Barley Bulgur wheat Durum wheat Kamut Oats (may contain a gluten analogue; usually contaminated by gluten in processing) Semolina wheat Spelt Triticale Wheat Non-Grain Foods In The Grass Family These foods come from other parts of Grass Family plants. Bamboo shoots Barleygrass Lemongrass (citronella) Molasses Rapadura Sugarcane Wheatgrass

15. How do seeds start to grow? Dried beans Soaked beans Bromothymol Blue Aquarium air pump (optional)

16. Grass Heads http://www.yates.com.au/child/how-to/school-holiday- project-growing-grass-heads/ http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/grass-head-guys-673724/