Discover the power of plant growth and watch seeds burst into life before your eyes! Designed for maximum visibility, the Root-Vue Farm comes with a sturdy self-watering base and root viewing window, light shield, expanding soil wafers, three seed packets, plant identification labels, and water wicks for self-watering system. The 15 page booklet explores the basics of how plants develop and includes detailed planting instructions, growth chart, and 6 teacher-tested experiments.The Root-Vue Farm is a well designed learning tool suitable for homes or classrooms and shows aspects of root growth children do not normally see. Similar to real farms in nature, the Root-Vue works best with 12-18 hours of sunlight (or a grow light) and temperatures 65 to 85 degrees. • Caring for the Root-Vue Farm strengthens responsibility and promotes interest in gardening• Special viewing window set at a proper angle makes it easy to see roots develop underground• Light shield keeps plants growing and is easily removed for viewing roots • Each compressed soil wafer expands several times its original size• 3 high-quality seed packets include: green onion, radish and carrot• Water wicking system makes it easy to provide correct amount of water for plants• Multiple award-winner teaches about the importance of light, water and air in the growing process.