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Week 08 · Fruits and Seeds on the Move

Tuesday

Seeds ride the wind
// How seeds travel
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: Seeds ride the wind

A puff of wind blows past a dandelion.

White fluff floats up and away. Rocket tries to chase it!

Raven asks, "What do you notice about the fluff?"

Floating seeds

Some seeds travel on the wind.

Dandelion seeds are very light.

Each one has feathery bristles, like a tiny parachute.

The wind can carry them a long way.

Winged seeds

Maple trees have seeds with a wing.

These seeds do not float far away.

They flutter down to the ground.

Plants with wind seeds make lots of seeds.

Then some seeds land in a good spot.

WIND SEEDS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What carries dandelion seeds away?
What do dandelion seeds have?
What does a maple seed have?
SentenceTrue or false?
Dandelion seeds are very light.?
Maple seeds flutter down to the ground.?
Wind seeds are heavy like rocks.?
Plants with wind seeds make lots of seeds.?
WHY THIS EXERCISELight seeds with bristles or wings can ride the wind.
Try it
Tear a tiny piece of tissue.
Hold it up high and let go.
Now drop a dry bean from the same spot.
Which one falls more slowly?
Safety first
The bean is for dropping, not eating.
Keep beans out of mouths, noses and ears.
Look at dandelions. Do not pick wild plants.
LOOK CLOSELY
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What did Rocket try to do?
Why do wind plants make lots of seeds?
Bean check
Count the leaves on your bean plant.
Is it more than last week?
Draw a dandelion seed floating on the wind.

Word Spot: open, over

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Open: O-P-E-N.

Over: O-V-E-R.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
The flower will ___ in the sun.
The bird flew ___ the house.

You are a seed detective!

Tomorrow you will build a paper seed that spins.

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