It's nice to have shady trees around you on a hot, summer day. It's nice to see the bright faces of flowers nodding at you, and to smell their sweet scent. It's nice to have cool grass to walk on...
Jewels, color, perfume, and music
We get jewelry, perfumes, colors, and even music from plants. Necklaces and other jewelry are often made of a yellowish rock called amber. And amber came from a plant. Once it was a sticky gum from...
Books, tires, and string
The next time you read a book, ride a bicycle, or fly a kite, thank the plants. Without them, you might not be able to do any of those things. The paper in most books comes from trees. To make...
Medicines to make you well
If you get sick, a plant may help you get well. Many medicines that doctors give sick people are made from plants. People with heart trouble use a medicine made from this plant. One of the best...
Dresses, shirts, and tablecloths
Do you have a cotton dress or shirt? Cotton comes from the cotton plant. The seeds are covered with fine fuzz that we twist into thread and weave into cloth. Is there a linen tablecloth on the...
Baseball bats and hockey sticks
At a sawmill, huge tree trunks are cut into boards. These are used for houses, furniture, and other products. Houses, tables, chairs, and floors, Rowboats, pencils, desks, and doors, Baseball bats...
Party treats from plants
> -=«-\\\■ > > Sugar, syrup, and honey all come from plants. > > So do pepper, mustard, and most other spices. > > Bread, breakfast food, and popcorn are all made from the fruit of > plants called...
Bread, breakfast food, and popcorn
Do you know that you probably eat grass? When we think of grass we usually think of green lawns. But there are many kinds of grass. Wheat, oats, rye, barley, rice, and corn (which is called maize in...
Sweet and tasty seed packages
Anything that grows on a plant and has seeds inside it is a fruit. A fruit is really just a package with one or more plant seeds in it. Many kinds of fruits are good to eat. Apples, oranges, pears,...
Seeds, stems, and salad stuff
All the foods we call vegetables come from some part of a plant. Lima beans, peas, and kidney beans are plant seeds. Radishes, carrots, and beets are plant roots. Onions are plant bulbs. Potatoes...
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