Celebrate Botany!: 10 Fun Projects about Plants

About this book

There's so much to learn about plants, from seed growth and dispersal to capillary action and pigments in flowers. This book of projects presented by Scientific American invites young scientists to investigate these ideas botany and many more in engaging, curriculum-supporting experiments and activities. Each project introduces a scientific idea to readers before helping them set up and execute the experiment or activity using clear, step-by-step instructions. Questions along the way ask readers to consider their progress and what might happen next. Additional ideas to expand a project are shown, including science fair project ideas.