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Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Children will learn that plants need the correct amount of water and sunlight to thrive.
Reading Level:
Lexile: 510L GRL: L
Next Generation Science Standards:
2-ESS2 Water on Earth can be found in rivers
2-LS2-1 Plants need sunlight and water to grow
Vocabulary:
liquid, bloom, shrivels
Use these questions to check students’ understanding and stimulate discussion:
1. Why do people call this river a liquid rainbow? (For a few months a year, it is full of colors.)
2. What makes the river look so colorful? (A picky little plant. It can burst into colorful flowers.)
3. What does the plant need to bloom? (just the right amount of water and sunlight)
4. Some worry that having a lot of visitors hurts the plant and the river. Would you stop the visitors? (Answers will vary.)
Go online to print or project the Reading Checkpoint.
Materials: 7 clear cups or glasses; water; scissors; red, yellow, and blue food coloring; paper towels; crayons; copies of the skill sheet
Overview: Demonstrate how colored water “walks” along a paper towel strip to the next cup. Kids will observe the capillary action property of water and see primary colors mix.
Directions: