Summary
That fluffy seed head you thought was a dandelion might be a look-alike plant with its own clever way to scatter seeds on the wind. Deep Look reveals how these seeds are built to fly and start new plants.
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Discussion questions
Talk about it
Making seeds and spreading them is part of a plant's life cycle. Fluffy, parachute-like seeds catch the wind and drift far, so new plants can grow in new places.
- How do these fluffy seeds travel away from the parent plant?
- Why is spreading out to new places helpful for a plant?
- How is making and scattering seeds part of a plant's life cycle?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: seed, disperse, wind, life cycle.
Try it: Blow a cotton ball across a table. Write how a seed shaped to catch the wind can travel far to grow a new plant.