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= My Powerpoint: = = = = ﻿ ﻿ = =**Making My Mark:**= =**How to Grow Sunflowers**= =**Maribel Lucero**=

===**This means that a sunflower is any plant with a large head and yellow rays (petals) coming from the genus Helianthus. The magnificent flowers grow to be very tall (8-11 feet tall). Sunflowers attract birds because of the resources the flowers have. The sunflower seeds are high in protein for cooking oil. Many varieties of sunflowers are grown all over the world. Sunflowers are seen in a orange, yellow, and sometimes red color. In order for the sunflowers to grow you need sunflower seeds, open space in your garden, and many attention. For giant sunflowers, space three feet apart in rows that are three to four feet apart. For regular or intermediate sunflowers, space two feet apart in rows that are three feet apart. Finally, for miniature sunflowers, space one foot apart in rows that are three feet apart. Sunflowers tend to grow in the summer and face the sun while in bloom.** In most areas they sow the sunflowers in the spring. In very mild climates, they sometimes tend to grow during the cooler months as well. Sunflowers grow near highways in Kansas, Minnesota, and North and South Dakota. Sunflowers need many sunlight in order to grow into big, tall, and healthy flowers.===

===**This topic interested me because I like the way the sunflower looks like and because the flower's seeds are useful resources we all use in our daily lives. Not only are sunflowers useful but they are very bright tall flowers to decorate your garden.**===


 * The questions that my research addressed are: **
 * ===What does sunflower mean?===
 * ===How big do sunflowers grow?===
 * ===Are there different colors of sunflowers?===
 * ===How much sunlight do sunflowers need?===
 * ===In what season do sunflowers bloom?===
 * ===Do sunflowers need lots of attention?===
 * ===What do you need in order to grow sunflowers?===
 * ===How do u space the seeds out when your planting the sunflowers?===

=** Annotated Bibliography—A list of my sources and what I learned from each of them. **=

===The main purpose of this website it to inform me how sunflowers look like and information about adding sunflowers to your garden.It is a site created by a company (Gardening Know How) to let me know about sunflowers. It has useful information such as varieties of sunflowers to sizes of sunflowers. The most useful information was what sunflowers look like because i really didn't know how big or small sunflowers could grow. This site has helpful tips that will help me.===

===The main purpose of this website is to let people know the meaning of the word "sunflower." This site shows the correct punctuation and meaning of the word sunflower. The site is trustworthy because it's an actual English dictionary. The information makes sense and can be proven. This information was helpful because it showed me the meaning and the correct punctuation of the word sunflower. From the definition i learned that sunflower means any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays.===

===The main purpose of this site is to inform me the varieties of sunflowers, sowing sunflower seeds, how to grow sunflowers, harvesting, and diseases of sunflowers. The site is trustworthy because the information is helpful to me and gives me very good information on my topic. It answered my many questions for my topic.===

=** Vocabulary That Are Important to Understanding My Topic: **=
 * ===Helianthus: any plant of the genus //Helianthus//, such as the sunflower and Jerusalem artichoke, typically having large yellow, daisy- like flowers with yellow, brown, or purple centres.===


 * ===Sow: to scatter seed over land for the purpose of growth.===

=Planning My Presentation:=


 * ===Explain what the word sunflower means===
 * ===Explain how big sunflower can grow===
 * ===Explain/ show how to grow sunflowers===
 * ===Show the many types of sunflowers===
 * ===How fully developed sunflowers look like===
 * ===Information on what you need to adding sunflowers to your garden===
 * ===What sunflowers are used for===

**My research questions:**

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===This source helped me alot because it answered my questions that i had for my research. I learned that sunflower grow to be 8-11 feet tall. i also learned that some sunflowers grow in different colors like red, yellow, and orange.===

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