I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast: A Celebration of Plants Around the World
CONTENTS Part One ALL ABOUT PLANTS 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 Why do plants matter What is a plant Plant parts Leaves a food factory DIY Make your own plant maze Flower power Parts of a flower Pollination DIY Wild weed bottle garden The birth of a plant 30 32 34 Seeds on the move DIY Play conkers Living fossils Part Two WORLD OF PLANTS 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 The plant kingdom Happy families DIY Cornflour slime Evolution Adaptation Life in extremes Hot and dry Life in extremes In the jungle 52 54 56 58 60 62 Watery world Plant tricks DIY Evergreen freeze Poison Food chains and food webs It’s a trap
Part Three FROM BREAKFAST UNTIL BEDTIME 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 I ate sunshine for breakfast and so did you Plant juice Time to brush your teeth Clean up DIY Shelf Life Project Let’s get dressed Colorful world Sweet and sour smells DIY Leaf printing 84 86 88 90 92 94 Around the house Pencil and paper Strike up the band DIY Grass squeaker Sporting life DIY Bean bag boules Part Four THE POWER OF PLANTS 98 100 102 104 106 Smart plant technology DIY Potato power plant Hunting and fighting DIY Invisible ink Green healing 108 110 112 114 116 118 120 122 124 Speaking in plant Get going Pollution Taking care of the planet DIY Local living landmarks The future is green Plant awards Glossary Index
Part One ALL ABOUT PLANTS Plants are essential to your world Without them no other living thing would be able to survive This book will help you to become more acquainted with your leafy neighbors from how they grow to fossilization and everything in-between With over 400,000 species on our planet to discover let’s find out all about these incredible organisms
