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Transcription of Science Time video – Spring and Flowers
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BJ
Hi, welcome to Science Time at Questacon. My name’s BJ.
Dion
And my name’s Dion.
BJ
And today we’re talking about flowers and spring. Come and join us. (Introduction
song) Hi, welcome to Science Time. Who can tell me what we’re talking about in
Science Time today?
Children
Flowers.
BJ
Flowers. We’re talking about flowers and spring time. Who has flowers growing in
their garden at home? Yeah? Or maybe your neighbor’s garden? My neighbor has
lovely flowers in their garden. Yeah? Fantastic, hands down. Now, it’s spring time
now. Here in Canberra we have a beautiful spring. What’s the difference between
winter and spring? It’s not winter any more, is it? How do we know it’s not winter any
more? What’s the difference?
Child
It’s hot.
BJ
Because it’s hot. Well done. Winter is cold. And the sun is out now in the spring time
and it’s getting nice and warm, isn’t it? Also, have you noticed the leaves on the
trees are starting to grow again? So the leaves are growing and the flowers are
growing. I love spring time. Now, what do flowers need to help them grow?
Children
Water!
BJ
Yes, they need water from the rain. Lots of water.
Children
Sun!
BJ
Sun. They need sun shine as well, don’t they? Yes.
Child
Like the sun over there.
BJ
Yes, absolutely. So, it all starts with planting little flower seeds in the dirt. The rain
comes to give it water. The sun shines and the plant starts to grow. Has anyone
here ever planted a seed in the ground and watched it grow?
Children
Yes, yes.
BJ
You have? Oh, it’s so much fun, isn’t it? Hands down. At home you might like to
plant some seeds and watch them grow.
Child
I plant my seeds at school.
Child
I have planted seeds lots and lots and lots of times.
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BJ
Really? And lots of times? Wow. Now, here we’ve got a bit of a flower to show you.
This is a plastic flower but it’s really good. We can see all the different parts of the
flower. Now, first the flowers at the top. Here are the pretty flowers. What are these
little bits of the flower called?
Child
The sides.
BJ
They’re the sides of the flower, yes they are. Does anyone know what these are
called? P… p…
Child
Petals!
BJ
Petals, well done. These are the petals and petals make up the flower. Now, what
else have we got here? We need something to hold up the flower,
Child
Stork.
BJ
It’s like the stork, well done. Or another name for that is the stem. Can you say that
word?
Everyone
Stem.
BJ
The stem holds up the flower. We’ve also got these parts of the flower as well. If you
could hold this one for me please Dion. This one has long, thin ones and this one
has more round ones. What are these called? What are these?
Children
Leaves.
BJ
Leaves. Leaves are very, very important. We’ll talk about why in a moment. Now,
down under here – this is normally under the ground – this is like a seed, or these
big seeds are called bulbs.
Child
Bulbs.
BJ
Bulbs. You may have planted bulbs before. Thank you Dion.
Child
I have.
BJ
You have? And that’s where the flower grows from. The stem and flower grows up
here. And something very important grows down into the dirt. What do you think
these are?
Child
They’re where the flower’s drinking.
BJ
Where the flower drinks it’s water from. Well done. What are they called? R… r…
roots! They are called roots. Can you all say that word with me?
Everyone
Roots!
BJ
Well done. And the flower uses it’s roots to suck up the water. Slurp! Just like
sucking up water with a straw. Have you ever used a straw to drink stuff with?
Yeah? And you have to suck really hard? Slurp! Just like that? That’s just like the
roots. They suck up the water (slurp) and then the water goes all the way up the
stem, all the way to the flower at the very top. So, we need water, don’t we, for the
flower to drink.
Child
Flowers get wet when you water them.
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BJ
They do get wet, don’t they? Now, we also need sunlight. Sunlight is very important.
You know a sun uses it’s leaves to get energy from the sun.
Child
Like the big sun outside.
BJ
Just like the big sun outside, absolutely. So the leaves get energy from the sun and
they use that energy to help the plant grow. There’s a special word for that, it’s
called photosynthesis. Can you say that word with me?
Everyone
Photosynthesis.
BJ
It’s a big word. Photosynthesis. It means getting energy from the sun to help the
plant grow. Now, there’s something else you may have seen in the garden. There’s a
little animal, a little insect that helps the flowers.
Child
Bee.
BJ
Bees! Bees are in the garden too and bees are very important for plants and
flowers.
Child
We have bees in our driveway.
BJ
Do you have bees in your driveway, do you?
Child
And bees help things make honey.
BJ
Good girl!
Child
And they sting you.
BJ
Yes, yes. You don’t want to get too close to a bee because they can sting you, can’t
they? But your right, bees make honey. Who likes to eat honey?
Children
Me. Me.
BJ
Yeah! I love eating honey. Do you know, what the bees do? Inside the flower there is
a nice, sweet tasting liquid called nectar. The bees like to drink the nectar and then
they make honey. So… Oh! I think I hear a bee.
Dion
Buzz. Buzz.
BJ
Oh, here’s our Questacon bee. Would you like some nectar bee? There’s lots of
nectar in the flowers, drink up. Now, bees are very, very important, because not only
does it drink the nectar but inside this flower there is something called pollen. Can
you say that word with me?
Everyone
Pollen.
BJ
And what happens it the pollen gets stuck on the bees feet. As he’s coming near the
flowers it will get stuck on his feet. And he takes that pollen to other flowers. So bye,
bye Mr. Bee, go and drink some nectar from the other flower. And all the pollen from
his feet goes onto that flower. And by putting pollen from one flower onto another
flower that helps the flowers make new flowers. So the flowers need the bee to
help make new flowers. Thank you Mr. Bee.
Dion
Buzz, buzz.
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BJ
Bye. Bye Mr. Bee. Lovely. So at home, in the garden, see if you can see any flowers.
You might see some bees near your flowers. And you right, if you see a bee should
you touch it?
Children
No.
BJ
No, no ‘cause it could sting you, couldn’t it? You need to be very gentle with bees.
Don’t touch them.
Child
Call mummy and daddy.
BJ
You could call mum and dad…
Child
And go to the doctor.
BJ
If you did get stung by a bee you’d go and see mummy or daddy or your grown up
straight away and they’ll help you. Now, one more thing I want to show you. Have a
close look at these flowers. Do you see the yellow in the middle of the flowers? Do
you see how there’s yellow there. Do you know the bee is attracted by that yellow
colour? And that yellow colour tells the bee where the yummy nectar is. Right here
in the middle of the flower. So the bees know exactly where to go to get the yummy
nectar. So flowers are beautiful coloures not just to look pretty but also to tell the
insects where to go. It’s a lovely flower this one, isn’t it? So, we’ve got lots of things
to play with here in Questacon today. So, find your grown up and go and have a
play…
Dion
So while everyone else is playing, let’s go have a look at some other flowers. Hi boys
and girls. Here in Canberra we’re really lucky to have a massive flower show called
Floriade. And here we are at Floriade, as you can see. Now, it’s not as much fun
coming here by my self so I thought I’d invite BJ along. BJ
BJ
Hi Dion. Hi boys and girls.
Dion
Now there are lots of flowers here at Floriade.
BJ
Lots and lots and lots of flowers!
Dion
But when do most flowers grow?
BJ
What do you think?
Dion
When do you think? Spring time, exactly! So that’s why Floriade is held every spring
time here in Canberra. Now, behind us you can see lots of different types of flowers.
What colours can you see? Have a look. There are white ones, blue ones, purple
ones, yellow and even red. There are lots of different flowers, aren’t there? You
know what BJ, I think we should go looking for some more.
BJ
There’s lot and lots to look at.
Dion
Let’s go.
BJ
Let’s go.
Dion
So we’ve looked at so many flowers here at Floriade. What was your favorite flower
BJ?
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BJ
The Daffodils I think.
Dion
Why was that?
BJ
I like the yellow, sunny face. It looks good.
Dion
My favorite was actually the tulip.
BJ
What colour tulip? There were lots of different colours.
Dion
There were. Orange was my favorite.
BJ
Yes, yes.
Dion
So we’ve looked at lots of flowers here at Floriade and you can too. Floriade is here
at Commonwealth park in Canberra every Spring time and it’s really fun. How about
we go back to Science Time and see what everyone’s up to.
BJ
Good idea Dion.
BJ
Well, we were playing with lots of plants and flowers today at Questacon Science
Time. There are a couple of special plants here that I want you to have a closer look
at. Now, these plants are what we call carnivorous. Can you can that word?
Everyone
Carnivorous.
BJ
That means they get extra nutrients by eating insects. Yeah! So here is one you may
have seen before. Does anyone know what this one might be called?
Children
No.
BJ
A Venus Fly Trap. It’s a Venus Fly Trap. And you see here, it’s got these little bits that
open up like that. Then the bee comes and stands on it and it goes “woop”, just like
that. So can you show me your Venus Fly Trap? And here comes the fly here comes
the fly and close it up, “woop”, like that. Then inside the fly gets digested and gives
the plant yummy nutrients to help the plant grow really well. Now this one is an
exotic plant. This one doesn’t life in Australia normally, it comes from
America; North America normally. Now here is another carnivorous plant. This one
comes from Asia and it’s called a Pitcher Plant. This one works a little bit differently.
Here the insect goes down into here and in here there are some juices that digest
the insects and help give the plants lot of nutrients. But you see they have leaves as
well, don’t they. So they still get energy from the sun, they still photosynthesis. But
the insects give them extra nutrients to help them grow really well. Thank you Dion.
Now, before we go today we’ve got some stuff for you to take away with you. First
we’ve got our parent information sheet. Now, here is a bit of an information sheet
giving you some ideas of some activities you can do; some websites to look at. At
home you can download this from our website and have a look at it at home. We’ve
also got one other thing as well, thanks Dion. Here we’ve got our colouring in
picture. Now remember, flowers can be lots of different colours. So you can choose
any colour you like to colour in these flowers.
Dion
And what are these things buzzing around at the top here?
Children
Bees!
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Dion
Bees, well done.
BJ
So the bees will take all the nectar and take the pollen to all the different flowers.
Now, before we give them out can we all look at the boys and girls at home for me.
Can everybody look over here? Can we wave and say “see you next Science Time”
Everyone
See you next Science Time.
BJ
Fantastic. Come and get a colouring in picture.
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