Kindergarten scientists explored a unit with plants and the garden habitat.  Taking a closer look at how fruits and seeds are related offers learning opportunities with the big ideas of structure and function.  They took a closer look at fruits and found seeds inside.  Did you know that scientists don’t classify plants as vegetables?  Cooks and chefs think of vegetables in food.  If a plant part has a seed, to a scientist—it’s a fruit!  Pumpkins, cucumbers and tomatoes are all fruits to a scientist.

Students invented their own fruits with seeds inside using pipecleaners and beads.

We found a book with an idea that a fruit is like a suitcase for seeds.  Suitcases protect what is inside and like to travel—just like real fruits.

What kind of fruit do you like?  What is the seed like inside?