Materials A mosaic is a picture made with tiny bits of glass, stone, or other material. The Greeks and Romans made pictures like this to decorate their floors and walls. You can make - cardboard...
Helpful hints
> on a paper towel and let them dry for one or two days. The following information will help you make the projects in this section. If a special skill is needed, the directions will tell you the...
STEP FARMING
> Step farming in Sri Lanka. If you planted seeds on the side of a hill, what would happen to them during a heavy rainstorm? Chances are, the rainwater running down the hillside would take the dirt...
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...
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,...
Flowers you plant every spring
Most flowers that you plant in the spring are annuals. Annuals are plants that live only one summer. They sprout from seeds that are planted in the spring. In the summer, their flowers grow and make...
A vegetable garden
Nothing tastes quite so good as food you have grown yourself. To grow your own vegetables you will need a small bit of flat ground that gets plenty of sunshine. It's easier to grow tomatoes from...
Outdoor gardens
A little seed For me to sow . . . A little earth To make it grow . . . A little hole, A little pat . . . A little wish, And that is that. A little sun, A little shower . . . A little while, And...
How Does Your Garden Grow?
They can't see their pictures, they can't read the label--- the seeds in a package--- so how are they able to know if they're daisies or greens for the table? It sounds like a fancy, it sounds like...
Deadly berries and seeds
Many kinds of berries and seeds are poisonous! People have died from eating mistletoe berries, yew berries, and castor beans. There are several kinds of nightshade plants with green, red, and black...
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