Making Your Own Pocket Seed Viewer

Written by: Elena Ortiz
Video editor: Jacob Mayfiled

Materials

Seed packets (this experiment uses Peas, Little Marvel)
Re-sealable plastic bags (sandwich or quart size)
Dry soil, ideally from place where ants were collected (approximately 3 cups before sifting)
Paper towels or napkins
Water and cups
Tape
Cardboard (optional)
Paper clips (optional)
Binder clips (optional)
Scissors

Materials for Measurements and Data Collecting

Worksheets
String

Download the full list of materials and instructions here

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Bibliographic details:

Article: Make Your Own Pocket Seed Viewer
Author(s): Elena Ortiz
Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
Date published: November 15, 2010
Date accessed: September 15, 2019
Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/pocket-seed-viewer-demo

APA Style

Elena Ortiz. (2010, November 15). Make Your Own Pocket Seed Viewer. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved September 15, 2019 from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/pocket-seed-viewer-demo

American Psychological Association. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

Chicago Manual of Style

Elena Ortiz. "Make Your Own Pocket Seed Viewer". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 15 November, 2010. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/pocket-seed-viewer-demo

For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/04/

MLA 2017 Style

Elena Ortiz. "Make Your Own Pocket Seed Viewer". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 15 Nov 2010. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. 15 Sep 2019. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/pocket-seed-viewer-demo

Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

Do seeds need light to grow? How do they know what direction to grow? These are a few of the questions students can explore.

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