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Perfect for teaching about seeds.
This is an excellent book for younger students (K-3) about seeds and plants. I am using it as part of my summer school reading/writing program. First, I read the book to the students and we planted little radish seeds (they grow quickly) in see-through plastic cups. Later, the students read the book out loud to one another and we discussed the seed to plant concept. They also kept a journal to record their observations of their seeds with illustrations about every other day. This book presents a great opportunity to combine reading, writing and science.

Superb, simple explanation of plant life.
This book's big, colorful illustrations and simple language do a superb job of explaining subjects such as plant reproduction, seed dispersal, pollen transference, and seed germination. Although intended for a younger audience, I read this book aloud to my fourth grade students to quickly build their background knowledge. ... Read more

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Excellent reading for both children and adults
Overbeck answers the many questions I had about the dissemination of seeds. Though the book is directed at 9-12 year olds, I maintain the text is an excellent introduction for any adult who wonders why the heck maintaining a yard can be such a struggle at times! Those relentless plants keep tossing their seeds about to keep us adults busy. ... Read more

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Fantastic!
This is a great book for teaching children about roots! The photographs are terrific, and the text is informative at just the right level for children to understand. A must have for any plant study! ... Read more

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How A Plant Grows introduces children to the amazing lives of plants-- from their beginnings, through their growth, to reproduction and death.Full-colorillustrations and photographs accompany simple plant experiments. ... Read more

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What plant is as heavy as 100 elephants and as tall as a 27-story building?

Why does a skunk cabbage wear a hood?

What kind of lily pad is strong enough to stand on?

How does the cobra plant catch its prey?

If you’re curious about the natural world, you’ll be amazed by Skunk Cabbage, Sundew Plants, and Strangler Figs.Get a close-up look at the wild, crazy, and daring lives of plants that can fly, hitch rides, float, hibernate––and even grow fur! Find out about pitcher plants, which kill and eat animals; Austrian orchids that bloom underground; tank bromeliads, which have entire communities of animals living inside them; and many more. This wonderfully detailed guide from the author of Pet Bugs; More Pet Bugs; and Stink Bugs, Stick Insects, and Stag Beetles unearths the wildest, weirdest plants in the world, as well as the surprisingly bizarre behaviors of everyday plants, trees, and shrubs. ... Read more

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We plant some seeds in the ground. We sprinkle water all around... Plant seeds and watch them grow into lovely sunflowers! Easy, rhyming text and delightful artwork capture the fascinating process. ... Read more

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A teaspoon of sea water can hold a soupy serving of a million phytoplankton! These tiny floating plants come in thousands of amazing variations. Invisible to the naked eye, phytoplankton are the source of our atmosphere, our climate, our ocean food chain, much of our oil supply, and more. Theyre also food for zooplankton, tiny animals that often look like weird life forms from outer space.

In this volume (another volume: Sea Soup: Zooplankton will be available in Fall 2000), Mary Cerullos text answers intriguing questions about these tiny drifters that have shaped our world, while Bill Curtsingers extraordinary photomicroscopy serves up tantalizing images of this sea soup. Many of the photos for this book were taken at Maines Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science and the Darling Marine Center, using an Axiophot 2 research microscope donated by Carl Zeiss, Inc.

This book has an accompanying teacher's guide: Sea Soup Teachers Guide: Discovering the Watery World of Phytoplankton and Zooplankton

AWARD --Notable Books for Children, 1999 Smithsonian ... Read more

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Plants is a unique blend of imaginative activities, experiments and science facts that helps develop scientific thought. The vast "Make it Work" series teaches scientific principles through the hands-on process of making science work.It's an invaluable science series for school and home, mixing hobby and science in an effort to show kids how to observe, collate information, and reach conclusions. The easy-to-follow instructions and helpful color photos make it a great resource for children ages 8-11.

School Library Journal says the Make it Work! Science books are "A Great Series." ... Read more

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Wonderful book!
Exceptional photoes and easy decodable accompanying text.looking at this maple and at all the live bustling around it helps children realize how everything change as seasons pass by. I would recommend it to any child aged 2 to 8! ... Read more

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Features around two dozen intriguing science projects about seed plants which are used because they're readily available, inexpensive and quickly and easily grown indoors. The experiments include topics such as the effect of acid rain on plants and growing plants in hydroponic solutions. Each project requires no unusual equipment and includes a step-by-step experiment, followed by suggestions for further investigations. ... Read more