Sunflower Plant Project Example

 

This page is all about sunflowers because I think sunflowers are the most cheerful plant.  They are big and bright, and always stand out as the star of the garden.  Sunflowers also have many important uses for people and animals.  I love sunflowers, and I hope you'll learn something new about them!

Sunflowers are very interesting plants, did you know that...

The head of a sunflower looks like one flower, but it is actually made up of over 1,000 tiny flowers Sunflowers usually grow to be 5 - 12 feet tall Young sunflowers turn to follow the sun Sunflowers originated in Central America Sunflowers can be used to remove toxic substances from soil, such as lead, arsenic, and uranium There are over 30 varieties of sunflowers

This video shows a time lapse of sunflowers growing

The life cycle of a sunflower

Sunflowers start as a tiny seed, and then start growing into a little plant called a seedling.  Then they become a mature plant.  It is the mature plant that grows the flower.  Finally, the mature plant goes to seed, which means the flower dies and gives off seeds to make more sunflowers.
  

seed	seedling	mature plant	plant going to seed

This is a video of the life cycle of sunflowers

This is a picture of the sunflower plant with the parts of the plant labeled

Sunflowers are used by people in many ways:

• Sunflowers are beautiful and can be grown in gardens
• Sunflowers can be bird feeders
• Sunflower oil is used for cooking
• Sunflower leaves can be used as cattle feed
• Sunflower stems are sometimes used in paper production
• Sunflower seeds can be made into a peanut butter alternative called "sunbutter"

These are sunflower seeds

Lots of people like to eat sunflower seeds!




This is a field of sunflowers



Here are some links to websites where you can learn more about sunflowers:
how to grow sunflowers
the history of the sunflower
national sunflower association

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