Taking advantage of the prolific yellow blooms along Kansas roadsides, 3 types of 'sunflowers' were brought into the classroom for art.
Some students knew a bit about the huge 'edible' sunflowers, but they all could observe the differences amoungst these: petal shape and size, stem color, leaves... We broke open the type with the brown center and even looked at the tinier version of the seed itself.
