How Do Plants Drink?

LIFE SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

The children will see in experiments how water – in spite of gravity – moves through plants, and they will see a short film showing that some plants can survive even in the bone-dry desert.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Teamwork and collaboration skills
Critical thinking and drawing conclusion

In this lesson, you will cover:

You will need

a vessels for holding water, the drinking straws, a sponge, the paper towels, the plant stems

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Authors

Translation: Jason Lowther
Producer: Agata Wilam
Author: Maciej Jasiński
Speaker: Piotr Klepacki
Methodology: Marta Tomaszewska, Urszula Wojtowicz

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

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