List out the names of five plants and write a sentence about each of them.
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80 PERCENT OF THE EARTH'S ORIGINAL FORESTS HAVE BEEN CLEARED OR DESTROYED. ...
NUTRITION DOESN'T FACTOR INTO THE CROPS WE DO MASS PRODUCE. ...
THE EARTH HAS MORE THAN 80,000 SPECIES OF EDIBLE PLANTS. ...
90 PERCENT OF THE FOODS HUMANS EAT COME FROM JUST 30 PLANTS. ...
70,000 PLANT SPECIES ARE UTILIZED FOR MEDICINE.
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1. Pumpkins
Pumpkin varieties come in fun sizes and colors. Try varieties of minipumpkins, like the “Munchkin,” which is perfect for little hands, or the “Jack-Be-Littles.” These grow wonderfully in tubs or barrels. Giant pumpkins need plenty of room, so if you have the space, try “Connecticut Field” or “Yankee Cow.”
If you want to try a white pumpkin, look for the mini-pumpkin “Boo” or the white “Lumina” pumpkin.
Great things to do with pumpkins:
Paint white pumpkins with acrylic paints.
Carve your name or a picture in the rind of a growing pumpkin (while it’s still on the vine.) Watch how the name changes as the pumpkin grows.
2. Sunflower Power
Sunflowers are most exciting plants to grow with young children. They grow fast and produce giant, dramatic flowers. Try “Russian Mammoth” or “Paul Bunyan” for towering flowers. Try “Teddy Bear” or “Elf” for two- to four-foot tall flowers, which can be grown in containers.
Great things to do with sunflowers:
Grow a “playhouse” by planting tall sunflowers to create walls. Remember to leave a space for a door.
Measure the stalk of the sunflower weekly. They grow so quickly that children enjoy measuring and observing the changes. Or use your camera to take pictures of sunflowers over time to show the stages of their growth.
Shake or pick out ripe seeds from dried sunflowers. Then make crafts with them. For example, glue them onto cork coasters along with other seeds to make beautiful collages.
Save sunflower seeds for birdfeeders. Spread peanut butter on pinecones. Roll the sticky pinecones in the sunflower seeds to cover it. Hang your pinecone outside and watch the birds enjoy!
3. Gourds
Gourds grow in amazing shapes that are great for play and art projects. Try planting a package of small ornamental mixed gourds. You will harvest a wild mix of odd shapes! Also wonderful for art projects are bottle, dipper, and bushel gourds.
Great things to do with gourds:
Carve names or designs into gourds, while on the vine, just like pumpkins.
Make a small hole in a dried gourd to make a birdfeeder or nesting spot.
Make a musical instrument out offor a unique string instrument. Dried gourds make great musical shakers.
4. Silver Dollars (sometimes called Money Plants)
Once the pink flowers have bloomed, a flat green seedpod will develop. Once the seedpod has turned brown, pick it from the stem and carefully slip off the covering to expose the beautiful white disk.
Great things to do with silver dollars:
Use them as pretend coins.
Paint them different colors.
They make great pieces for sorting and counting games.
5. Four O'Clocks
Four o’clocks are flowers with old-fashioned charm. These multicolored flowers delight children with more than their beauty.
Great things to do with four o’clocks: