On a sunny fall day, third graders visited the school garden to compare a tiny sunflower seed with a plant that towered over them. At an outdoor table, students examined sunflower heads up close, sketched what they saw and described the seeds’ color, shape and texture.
The tightly packed seeds at the center of each sunflower helped students see how the plant’s life cycle begins again. Each seed they examined had the potential to grow into a sunflower of its own.
