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Slide 2 Seed Dispersal Seed Dispersal Slide 3 FLYING Some seeds fly or glide in the wind. Slide 4 Wind - parachutes Slide 5 Wind - helicopters Slide 6 Wind - flutterers and gliders Slide 7 Wind - cottony Slide 8 STICKING Some seeds stick to animal fur and are carried away. Slide 9 Animals - excess baggage Slide 10 CARRY AND BURY Birds carry fruit and drop the seeds. Squirrels bury seeds. Slide 11 Animals - munching fruit Slide 12 Animals - winter storage Slide 13 POPPING Some seeds pop from plants and shoot seeds everywhere. Slide 14 Dehiscent - popping Slide 15 open this website to see a seed popping- scroll to the bottom http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/seed.html Slide 16 WATER Some seeds travel by floating on water. Slide 17 Water - floaters Slide 18 HOMEWORK Take a walking field trip of your back yard, front yard, neighborhood or nearby park. Respectfully, gather a few seeds from different plants on your walk and place in plastic baggies. Bring seeds to class with you. We will examine the seeds in class with a camera and microscope. Slide 19 websites to check out http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/seed.html www.theseedsite.co.uk/dispersal.htmlwww.theseedsite.co.uk/dispersal.html www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/seed_dispersl/index.htmwww.countrysideinfo.co.uk/seed_dispersl/index.htm http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/pages/fruit- seed-dispersal.htmhttp://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/pages/fruit- seed-dispersal.htm