Photographs and text explore characteristics of seeds while readers strengthen S sound phonics skills. A word list and instructional guide are included.
The class's garden is going to be featured on the cover of PLANT IT! magazine. But Phoebe's garden plot is glaringly empty. Always eager to help, Ms. Frizzle shrinks the bus to the size of a ladybug, and the class is off and flying to Phoebe's old school to find a plant.
Uses microscopic photography and graphics to familiarize students with the parts of a flower, showing how flowers become pollinated, and examining the structure of seeds, their development, and dispersal.