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Seed Structure: Bean Book Brief Description After participating in a seed discussion activity, students will write a small book describing the three main parts of a seed. This project can be done by the art teacher or the regular classroom teacher for both science and language skills. By completing the book, students will have strong reinforcement of the dissection activity. When they take the work home, the lesson will get further reinforcement as they go over the book with their parents and other family members. Objectives: The student will be able to: • Identify the main parts of a seed. • Create a book using templates and diagrams. Materials Needed: Sample book Construction paper copies from master included (embryo, seed leaves, seed coat) (Appendix, pages 62-64) Staplers Scissors Preparation: • Print copies of the template. • Prepare an area for the activity. 42 Background: There are three main parts to a seed. They are stored food, embryo, and a seed coat. The stored food is found in the seed leaves. Plants like soybean, peanuts, and cotton have two seed leaves (dicots). Plants like corn, grass, and lilies only have one seed leaf (monocots). The embryo is the undeveloped plant, which uses the stored food from the seed leaves for root and stem development. The seed coat serves as a protecting cover to the embryo and the seed leaves. The seed coat shields off pests such as insects and viruses. Activity: 1. Project or put on the blackboard the following text for the book: Page 1.The soybean has a cover called a seed coat. It protects the seed. Page 2. Inside the seed coat there are two seed leaves. They hold food. Page 3. A baby plant is hidden between the seed leaves. It is called the embryo. Page 4. Note: students will label the parts of the embryo with arrows indicating the leaves, stem and root. Page 5. Every kind of seed has three parts. Page 6. They are stored food, embryo and seed coat. 2. Students will cut out the book parts and assemble as shown in the sample on pages 62-64. 3. Starting with the inside cover, students will number pages 1 through 6. The embryo does not get a number. 4. Students will use posted or projected text to complete book as indicated. 5. Each student will title their book and write title and author boldly on cover of book. 6. Students may add additional pictures or decorations as they wish. 7. Review ideas from seed dissection lesson. Ask students if their book is fiction or nonfiction. Discuss the differences. Extensions: Bean Mosaic Mini Greenhouse Exploring Turf Garden in a Glove Evaluation: Score each student on the ability to follow the given instructions and the Bean Book Florida Agriculture in the Classroom © Seed Structure: The Bean Book 62 Florida Agriculture in the Classroom © Seed Structure: The Bean Book Florida Agriculture in the Classroom © 63 Seed Structure: The Bean Book 64 Florida Agriculture in the Classroom ©