Inside a Seed

Find the baby plant and stored food inside a seed.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 53

Plants grow from seeds. Seeds come from the flowers and fruits of plants. An apple has seeds in its core!
Let's look inside a bean seed. The outside is the seed coat. It protects the seed, like a jacket.
Most of the seed is stored food. It feeds the baby plant until it can make its own food.
And tucked inside is a tiny baby plant! When the seed sprouts, the baby plant grows.
Seeds come in all sizes: a tiny poppy seed, a bean, or a big avocado pit.
Try it with a grown-up! Soak a dry lima bean in water overnight. Gently peel off the coat and split it open. Can you find the baby plant?

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:

S2L1.b — Plan and carry out an investigation of the life cycle of a plant by growing a plant from a seed and by recording changes over a period of time.