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प्रश्न
Look at the picture. This seed cannot fly, but it can still travel by sticking to the fur of animals or on our clothes. In this way, it gets a free ride!
Did you get any new ideas from these seeds?
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उत्तर
Yes, these seeds can also be used for decorating something.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Has the doctor or someone you know ever told you to eat sprouts? Why?
Plant your seeds
Take a clay pot or a tin can with a wide mouth. Make a small hole at the bottom of the can. Fill your can with soil. Put four or five seeds of the same kind in the soil and press them gently. Different groups can plant different kinds of seeds, such as mustard (sarson), fenugreek (methi), sesame (til) or coriander (dhania).
On which day did the height of the plant increase the most?
Which seeds did not grow at all? Why?
Do some plants grow without seeds?
How many types of seeds can you collect? Where will you find them? Each of you should try to collect as many different types of seeds as you can. After that, put all the seed collections together. Now observe these seeds carefully – their shapes, sizes, colours, textures (smooth or rough). Make a seed chart to put up in the class. You can start with a table like this.
Plants cannot move around. Once they grow, they remain in the same place. But their seeds are great travellers! They can reach far and wide. Look at the picture and see the flying seeds.
- Have you ever seen any seed that can fly?
- What is it called in your area?
- Look at your seed collection. Guess how many of those could have travelled by flying.
Plants cannot move around. Once they grow, they remain in the same place. But their seeds are great travellers! They can reach far and wide. Look at picture 1 and see the flying seeds.
Picture 1
Picture 2
Look at your seed collection. Guess how many of those could have travelled by flying.
Make a list of the different ways by which seeds are spread.
What all was grown in India long ago? Were mangoes and bananas grown here? What came from other countries? Imagine food without potatoes or tomatoes!
