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Flower Power

From SciGirls · 2015

Flower Power
29 min3rd4th5th6thScience
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Summary

The SciGirls track flowers through a growing season, recording when things bloom and testing what plants actually need to build themselves.

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Ages 7+
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Discussion questions

Discussion

Full episode (29 min) from SciGirls, season 3.

  1. Where does a plant's material actually come from?
  2. What did the girls record over time, and why did it need to be over time?
  3. How does the season change what a plant does?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: bloom, growing season, life cycle, observation.

Try it: Start a plant log: measure one plant's height twice a week for two weeks and graph it.