1. How Plants Grow & How Seeds Travel
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2. Important Vocabulary
Seed—a structure that can grow into a new plant. Embryo—a young plant Germinate—to begin to grow Flower—a plant structure that makes seeds. Pollination—the movement of pollen from the male part to the female part of the plant. Fruit—structure that holds seeds

3. What does a seed need to grow?
1. Water
2. Space
3. Sunlight
4. Soil

4. Seeds contain new plants
*A seed is the start of a new plant
*The have different shapes, sizes and colors
*Flowers make seeds
*Covered in a seed coat to protect and keeps tiny leaves and root inside
*Contains food for the new plant

5. How does a plant grow? Stage 1 A seed is planted in the soil. Stage 2
The seed germinates. Roots start growing down into the soil.
Stage 3
The roots grow longer and a stem pushes up out of the ground.

6. Stage 4
The plant grows leaves and starts to make its own food.
Stage 5
Full-grown plant
Leaves, stems, flowers and roots
Now it can reproduce and make new seeds

7. How does a plant make seeds?
A flower has 2 parts that help it make seeds, a male and female part.
The male part makes pollen.
The female part makes tiny eggs.
When the two parts come together, a seed can form.

8. Let’s see a seed in action
This is a video of a radish seed from seed to harvest in 33 days.

9. How do seeds travel? seeds stick to socks stick to animal fur
seeds blow in the wind

10. This is a link to a video that reads Eric Carle’s The Tiny Seed
This is a link to a video that reads Eric Carle’s The Tiny Seed. This video is 10 minutes.

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1. A seed is a structure that can grow into a new plant.
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12. The fruit holds and protects the seeds of a plant.
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2. The purpose of fruit is to taste good.
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The fruit holds and protects the seeds of a plant.

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3. The embryo comes out of the seed and the young plant is known as an adult.
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A young plant is called an seedling. A seedling can grow into an adult plant.

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4. Seed can travel through the wind, on animals, or even on your socks.
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