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Let's Get Carried Away

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Students discover how seeds travel from their parent plants in search of water, sunlight, and nutrients, and conduct experiments in which they note characteristics that encourage seed dispersal by means of wind, water, animal carriers, and pod explosion.

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nutrients, seeds

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nutrients, plants, seeds, science
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K - 2nd
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Science
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