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 Make-A-Seed Activity

Divide students into six groups. Hand each group an index card with one of the following instructions on it:

• Make a seed that will float on water for at least five minutes.
• Make a seed that will attract an animal.
• Make a seed that has a mechanism to throw itself at least two feet from the parent plant.
• Make a seed that can hitchhike on an animal for at least ten feet.
• Make a seed that gets carried by the wind.
• Make a seed that can disperse without help from wind, water, or animals.

Tell each group that they must use the materials in the material list to make the seed that they have on their card. If you want a formatted example of the seed card, click here for a Word document.