The seed wakes up in the soil and discovers it has sprouted roots and a stem. It enjoys the sunlight but desires to grow taller. Soon it sprouts leaves and is able to undergo photosynthesis, allowing it to continue growing into a large plant. Flowers form, and then unripe tomatoes, revealing the seed was a tomato plant all along. It is excited to have produced fruits containing new seeds to continue the cycle.

1. Diary
of a
Seed
Created by Ms. Ryan

2. April 1st, 2012
Today was a very exciting day! It’s
the day I made my way into the soil.
It’s very comfy here. I think I want to
stay here for a while. Maybe even
forever!

4. April 5th, 2012
Something weird started to happen
this morning. I was minding my own
business when I cracked and some
green stuff started to come out of
me! Am I sick??

6. April 6th, 2012
Okay, everything is fine. I
remembered something my mom
said… something about me
becoming more than just a seed. I
think the green thing that I saw
was my primary root sticking out.

7. April 9th, 2012
My dry and cozy soil is now wet
and just, gross. I wonder why that
is… As wet as it is, I think it’s a
good thing. My roots (I have roots
now!!), are soaking up the
water…it feels nice.

8. April 14th, 2012
Wow! I thought I never wanted
to leave the soil… but now that
my stem is growing, I can see
ABOVE the soil. I just wish I
was taller… Also, water ’s
nice…but I’m hungry..

9. So maybe the
soil isn’t the
best for looking
at…

10. April 19th, 2012
THIS IS SO COOL!! I am a foot
tall! And I’m more than just roots
and a stem… I have leaves! They
are perfect for soaking up all the
energy from the sun. I think that’s
how I can make my food.

11. April 20th, 2012
I was right. Leaves help me get
the sunlight to make food. I think
that’s called photosynthesis . That
might explain why I am growing
kind of crooked, towards where
the sun is.

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13. April 30th, 2012
I am so tall now it’s fantastic! I’ve
got a lot more leaves, and my
stem is so long. It is kind of sad
that it’s raining though, I miss the
sun. The rain is good for my roots,
so I guess that’s okay.

14. Look at me!!

15. May 5th, 2012
I guess April Showers do bring
May Flowers . I have bloomed! I
still don’t really know what I am…
but I have little buds all over me!!
I do know that they have seeds in
them somewhere, so I can make
more of me! So cool!

16. May 11th, 2012
Fruit! I’ve got fruit! At least, I think
I do. They are little green things
that are coming out of where the
flowers were. Some of them are
getting bigger, and changing from
green, to some other color.

17. May 21st, 2012
I now know what I am, and I am
surprised. Those green things
were unripe tomatoes! I was a
tomato seed, but now I’m a
fantastic tomato plant. Those
tomatoes have the seeds to make
more plants like me.

18. THE END!

19. Picture Credits
Images on slides 1, 3, 5, 9, 12, 14 made by Ms
Ryan