botany

Discusses various plants, such as blackberry, orchid, and milkweed, that provide centers for small communities of animal life attracted by their flowers, fruits, and seeds.

Introduces in text and detailed illustrations the characteristics of common plants that grow in the city during various months of the year.

Examines the chemical process of photosynthesis, the means by which plants convert air and light to food.

Shows how water, minerals, and food travel through a plant's structure, discusses topics such as xylem and phloem, and presents a hands-on investigation of geotropism and the ways plants react to their environment.

Twenty-one science projects provide an understanding of plants and how they respond to the environment.

Looks at how plants have adapted to different environments and at various ways they are germinated and spread their seeds or spores.

Simple projects for growing plants from seeds and sprouts. Projects are rated according to degree of difficulty.