Children find out about initiatives for land conservation and protection of plants and trees. They investigate soil erosion and land recycling. Children look at pictures of nature's soil recyclers, worms, at this site . Read selections from the text to the children. Read Fibres from Plants .
Children use a microscope to look closely at plant fibres and synthetic fibres.
Go to this site to see microscopic images of plants and fibres. Children may need help to navigate to the image index. Read Fruit . Children find out about problems that fruit farmers meet in their work. They record some of the ways farmers overcome these problems.