Plants - Fun Forest! - Episode 109



1) Time Lapse Study
Create a picture of spring! As warm weather approaches, choose four branches and draw them. Draw these same branches on 6 different days, noting the time and date of each drawing. Do all the buds on the same tree leaf out at the same time? Does it matter if the tree is on the north or south side of a building? How does weather affect budding/leafing? Is there a relationship between the length of the day and budding/leafing? How about rainfall?

2) Plants Rule
Find some friends and see who can last four hours without touching any plants or anything made from plants. Keep track of all of the unexpected places you find plant-based products, such as paper products, foods, clothing, etc.

3) Plant Partner Mystery
Ask a parent or a teacher to locate a partner in a mystery location. Exchange information via e-mail, phone, or traditional mail with your partner, but only about the plants in your areas. How high are the daffodils? Has your partner started mowing the lawn or planting vegetables in the garden? Exchange budding, flowering, or leafing out information on a common plant in both areas such as sugar maple, lilac, forsythia, or redbud. Take photos or make drawings of the common plant on the same day. Can you guess each other's location based only on what you find out about the plants?