Sunflower observations

It all started with the sunflowers growing in our Seabury garden,

we put on safety glasses,

used the tweezers,

to remove the seeds.

We checked out the leaves and stems

and the occasional bug.

The Seabury garden is full of beautiful sunflowers!  What an opportunity for a scientific observation!
We observed many things about the sunflowers:  they are bright yellow to attract bees, the stems have hairs on them, caterpillars eat holes in the leaves, the seeds are soft, they are white and the leaves are pointy on the sides.  It was a good opportunity to use the same tools a scientist would and make some important observations.