Botany Class, Dec 3

At Cogitania’s Saturday Botany workshop fourth graders continued our seed exploration and learned about seed dispersal; how and why seeds are dispersed in nature to ensure plant species survival.

We viewed a slide show of different kinds of seeds from around the world and discussed how seeds over millions of years have developed adaptions to disperse via wind, water, and animals.

Finally, we examined a variety of seeds using hand lens and microscopes to compare seed differences and to determine which dispersal methods might be used.