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Dandelion videos
Select a video from the menu on the left. Turn captions on or off with the button in the left corner of the video, and play, pause and restart with the buttons in the right corner; you can also use the little progress bar to skip to a point in the video.
Discussion points
- What is pollination?
- Why do many plants produce so many seeds?
- What does 'dispersal' mean?
- What different ways are seeds spread?
- What is germination?
Teaching tips:
Use this activity prior to setting children on the writing project to ensure they understand the sequence of events in a plant's life.
Discuss the different ways plants are pollinated (insects, other animals, wind).
Discuss the different ways plant seeds are dispersed (wind, water, animal hair, animal guts, gliding, launching).
Challenge children to write their own captions for each video clip.
Also see, Life cycle of a flowering plant or Plant life cycles to challenge children to create their own images and captions.
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