By: Bonnie Worth
Illustrated by: Aristides Ruiz
Ever wonder where your clothes or food comes from? In the book Oh Say Can You Seed, the Cat in the Hat teaches about seeds and how they develop. There are many different things in the world that comes from plants. Just to name a few clothes, food, medicine, the air we breath, and many other things. The Cat in the Hat discusses the different stages of development a seed goes through from seed all the way to a flowering plant.
This week I chose a book that has a concept about agriculture I believe to be very important. My dad is a cotton farmer in the panhandle of Texas, so I am very passionate about wanting people to know and understand just how important agriculture really is. This book discusses about seeds, their development, and what is produced from the plant of the seed. As I said earlier, my dad is a farmer, so growing up I had the opportunity to see a seed being planted and a few months later the plant being harvested. For example, cotton has many different products made from it such as money, clothes, stuffed animals, jeans, towels, and blankets. Also, let's not forget to remind the students that some of the food we eat comes from plants, as well. This book can also be used for a science lesson.
Activity to go along with this book:
Materials
- lima beans
- Ziploc bags
- paper towels
- marker
- tape
- water
Each student will receive a Ziploc bag, a moist paper towel, and two lima beans.
Place the seeds in the moist paper towel, then put the paper towel that is wrapped around the beans into the Ziploc.
With a marker, have the students write their name on the outside of the bag.
Tape the bag to the window.
Over the next few days, chart the growth of the seeds to see how much they grow.
This is a video about the products that come from cotton:
This is a video about the products that come from cotton:
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