Last week was fantastic, but we were back to studying animal life cycles in science class this week. While we were engrossed in the animal kingdom, we shouldn't overlook the lessons that the plant kingdom can teach us. A complete life cycle, from a bean to a shoot, from a shoot to a flower, and from a flower to a fruit, can be observed in just a few short months. We will monitor the germination and first budding signs of life over the next few weeks.