Sock Seeds

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.stru.sockseeds

The experiment demonstrated in this ZOOMSci video segment--wearing an old sock through a grassy or weedy field, planting the sock, and watching what grows--will not only give young scientists a better idea of the kinds of plants growing in their area, but will also help them begin to think about the evolutionary strategies of plants.