Ivy: Dull dull dull dull dull dull dull dull dull dull dull dull dull.
Posey: No, you're not.
Ivy: Not me! The flowers. I planted all these carnations months ago and I thought they'd be colourful and bright and full of joy. But they're just white. They're all white…
Posey: Hmm. Well I think I know how to help.
Ivy: Oh Posey how? Posey has a plan for you.
Ivy: Nope, as you were, she's lost it.
Posey: At school, Miss Violet told us about the special tubes that transport water up from the roots up towards the flower.
Ivy: But Posey, mine don't have roots.
Posey: Umm. you don't always need roots. Stems do the job, too. When you put the plants in the water, with or without roots, the tubes in the stem transport the water to the flower.
Ivy: Posey look! It's already started changing.
Video summary
This film explores how water is transported from the roots, through the tubes in the stem, to the tip of the plant.
The process is demonstrated with an experiment. White carnations are placed in water with different colour dyes in them. Eventually the petals adopt the colour of the dyes, thus highlighting the process.
This is from the series: Ivy's plant shop.
Teacher Notes
This film explores how water is transported from the roots, through the tubes in the stem, to the tip of the plant.
This process is demonstrated with an experiment.
White carnations are placed in water with different colour dyes in them.
Eventually the petals adopt the colour of the dyes, thus highlighting the process.
This film will be relevant for teaching Science/Biology at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 in England, Wales and Early and 1st and 2nd Level in Scotland.
Also at Foundation, KS1 and KS2 in Northern Ireland.
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