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Article: The story of corn.(The Early Years: Resources and conversation on Prek to 2 science)
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- Science and Children
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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Corn is an interesting subject for young children to explore because it grows ears in many forms, the seeds are easy to see and handle, and it is familiar to most children in one food product or another. Corn is the word commonly used in the United States for maize (botanical name Zea mays). It's fun to collect enough corn to fill a bushel basket, a unit of measure that may be unfamiliar to children who live in urban areas. The decorative dried form of corn is harvested in the fall, and in many places trucked-in fresh corn is available all year. It is easy to compare the ears of different kinds of corn and to see that the basic form is the same. Noticing the differences is ...
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