botany

Margaret and Casey become worried when their father, an unemployed botanist, begins spending all his time in the creepy basement conducting plant experiments.

Enthusiactic eight year olds find that investigations and discovery can be fun.

Describes the things different kinds of plants need to survive, including sunlight, appropriate temperature, water, and proper nutrients; explains how to grow strong, healthy plants by providing these requirements in the optimum amounts; and presents a hands-on demonstration of how changes in a plant's environment affect its growth.

Presents an introduction to plant reproduction, explaining why plants are so important to all life on Earth, describing their growth process, life cycle, and the role they play in the environment, from mosses and algae to fruit-producing angiosperms.

A guide to the growth process of common plants. Includes photographs of specimens from major plant groups.

Introduces various scientific principles about botany and plants and presents simple experiments which illustrate them.