Summary Dissect a seed to find the embryonic root and shoot. Science content Biology: Features, Adaptations of Living Things (K, 1, 3, 7) Biology: Life Cycles (2) Lessons activity is in What do plants need to grow? Germination Resource How a plant grows Materials Large seeds e.g. broad bean seeds, soaked overnight before use Paper and pencil to draw observations Procedure Ask students what they might expect to find in a seed (maybe they have already grown plants from seeds, and so have some good guesses). Students split open their seed and look for the plant embryo: the root, shoot, and the cotyledon where the plant gets it's food from as it germinates. Notes Page 10 from the resource book has a good image of the inside of a seed. Grades taught Gr 3 Gr 4
