Think about
which foods you expect to have many seeds, and which have big seeds.
Write in your
journal which foods will have the most and/or the biggest seeds - does size,
shape, or color of the foods make a difference?
Measure and
weigh your foods, recording the results in your journal.
Photograph the
original foods before you cut them open.
Lay out newspaper
so you don't make a mess, then open up the foods and find out if you were
right.
Count, measure
and weigh the seeds, recording the results in your journal.
Compare weights
of whole foods with weights and numbers of seeds.
What next
Creation
and invention:
Scan the seeds
into the computer to make pictures, and/or create art with the seeds themselves
Photograph each
of the whole foods with their seeds, and make a web site with pictures and
data about each food and its seeds
Make a chart/graph
of food characteristics as they compare to seed characteristics (size, color,
number, shape, etc.)
Plant some of
the seeds and try to grow food.
Put the seeds
and other interior pulp/string from the foods into closed boxes. Let friends
and family put their hands inside and try to guess the contents without looking.
Discussion:
What is a seed?
Why do plants have them? Do all plants have seeds?
Is a squash
a fruit? Is a tomato? A cucumber? A pumpkin? A pepper? A gourd? What's the
difference?
What kinds of
seeds do we eat without the surrounding fruit/vegetable (sunflower, flax,
sesame, poppy, pumpkin, mustard, fennel)?
