FIELD EXERCISE
Assign to the pupils the following exercise:
Collect the seed pods from as many plants of your garden plots, or home gardens, or wild plants, as possible, and be careful to write the name of each plant on the paper in which you put the seed pod of that plant. Notice the part of the plant from which the seed pod is formed.
CLASS-ROOM LESSON BASED ON THIS COLLECTION
The pupils place the seed pods on their desks, and observations and problems are dealt with of which the following are representative:
How does each seed case open?
What are the seeds for?
How many seeds are in each case?
Why should a plant have so many seeds?
How are the seed cases fitted for protecting the seeds?
Are any two seeds alike in shape?
Are the seeds easy to find if they are spilled upon the ground?
What makes them hard to find?
Where do nearly all seeds spend the winter?