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Because the garden soil will make leaves appear later.

Because pebbles can turn into seeds in the ground.

Because a tiny young plant lives inside the seed.

Because the seed coat turns into roots and leaves.

It makes the plant grow tall the very next day.

It turns into green leaves when the light shines.

It gives the seed stripes so it looks pretty.

It protects the parts inside from getting harmed.

Light, shade, and deep rich soil.

Water, air, and the right warmth.

Rocks, wind, and very hot sun.

Only soil with no air at all.

From the new seeds made by the adult plant.

From the old plant turning back into a seed.

From nearby pebbles changing into tiny plants.

From fallen leaves turning into seedlings.

It means a plant dies and drops its seeds.

It means leaves use light to make food.

It means a seed starts to grow into a plant.

It means the seed sleeps without water or air.

1 of 10 : If Malik wants a tall plant tomorrow, what should he do?

He should look for small changes first.

He should see a tall plant overnight.

He should dig up the seed for tall stems.

He should skip water because time is short.

2 of 10 : Which sentence explains why the seed has stored food?

So the seed coat can shine in the sun.

So the teacher can show a bigger picture.

So the young plant can begin to grow.

So pebbles nearby can turn into plants.

3 of 10 : What is the embryo inside the seed?

The hard shell covering the outside.

The stored food kept for later use.

A picture showing a huge sunflower.

A tiny young plant waiting to grow.

4 of 10 : After germination, what comes next in the life cycle?

The plant becomes an adult sunflower.

The seed becomes a seedling.

The leaves drop and the plant dies.

The seed turns back into a pebble.

5 of 10 : Which condition might stop a seed from starting to grow?

Being kept too hot or too cold.

Being given air, water, and right warmth.

Being watched and drawn in a notebook.

Being placed where the warmth feels just right.

6 of 10 : What will the adult sunflower be able to do?

It will turn back into a small seed.

It will make new seeds after it grows.

It will become a pebble in the soil.

It will stop the life cycle forever.

7 of 10 : Which idea matches Ms. Rivera saying, “The beginning is inside”?

It means a pebble can grow leaves later.

It means the seed coat makes food alone.

It means a tiny plant is inside the seed.

It means roots and leaves are already outside.

8 of 10 : When do leaves help the sunflower make its own food?

After green leaves grow later on.

While it is still inside the seed coat.

Before the seed has roots or leaves.

When it turns back into a seed.

9 of 10 : Why did Malik say, “A packed lunch!” about the seed?

Because the seed coat looked like a lunchbox.

Because the seed had food stored for later.

Because the leaves were already making lunch.

Because he thought the seed coat was the food.

10 of 10 : Which change do Nia and Malik plan to watch for first?

The plant dying and dropping seeds right now.

The seed coat becoming the soil around it.

The sunflower growing tall by tomorrow morning.

The first root or the first leaf appearing.

detectives • Day 1 | 1

The Tiny Seed Mystery

Day 1 • Read in short parts. Talk about each part.

“I found a treasure!” says .

looks at his hand.

She sees a small, striped seed.

They are in their school garden in .

is their teacher.

“It looks like a pebble,” says Nia.

“A pebble cannot grow leaves,”

says Ms. Rivera. “A seed can.”

Nia looks for s and leaves.

She sees none.

“How can it grow?” she asks.

“The beginning is inside,” says her teacher.

detectives • Day 1 | 2

A Plant and Its Packed Lunch

, shown much larger than life.

shows them a picture.

“An outer shell covers a .

“Inside is an ,” says Ms. Rivera.

“An embryo is a tiny young plant.”

Stored food is food kept for later.

The young plant uses it as it starts to grow.

“A packed lunch!” says Malik. laughs.

Later, green leaves help the plant

make its own food using light.

detectives • Day 1 | 3

New s

A life cycle shows the stages of a living thing.

“The long word means a seed starts to grow,” says Ms. Rivera.

“A seed can start to grow,” she says.

“Then it becomes a seedling.

A seedling is a .”

An is fully grown.

It can make new seeds.

“Can those seeds grow, too?” asks .

“Yes, if they have what they need.

They can grow into new plants.”

The first sunflower will grow old and die.

It does not turn back into a seed.

New seeds can keep the cycle going.

detectives • Day 1 | 4

A Mystery Worth Watching

“Will we have a tall plant tomorrow?”

asks .

“No,” says .

“.

We will look for small changes first.”

It also needs the right .

Not every seed grows.

wants to see what their seed will do.

“Which part will come out first?” she asks.

“A ?”

gets his notebook.

Their tiny treasure has a story to tell.

Talk Draw and Wonder

1. help?

2. Why is food stored inside the seed?

3. How can new plants

ower dies?

Draw one part of the .

Tell what comes next.

Bring one seed question to class.

You do not need to plant or collect anything at home.