Why does a dandelion stem curl? One side of the stem piece absorbs more water than the other and expands faster, causing the stem to curl up into a tight coil.
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Beautiful ;)
I used to do that when I was a kid. Have a wonderful Wednesday!
how fun, your pictures are beautiful..thanks for stopping by today..Happy WW!!!
How neat! Cute shots!
Cool! I think we'll have to try this today!
Very fun! I didn't realize they did that! Now that I know, I'll definitely have to do that with the kids...when we have dandelions :-)
Look like some great outdoor fun. My kids would love that activity. Thanks for sharing ;)
That looks like such fun! I've never heard of doing this before. I am so doing this with my two younger kids this weekend! Thanks for sharing!
I wish I could say that we don't have any dandelions in our yard to play with. But we have tons.
Thanks for sharing.
My girls love doing this too!
Thank you for visiting my blog, and for book recommendation. I'll try to get the book.
This experiment with dandelions is great idea. I'll try that with my son.
That is so cool...I am going to go home tonight and try it with Emily! I had never heard of that before.
So neat! Have to do this with the girls! We painted outdoors yesterday and used dandelions for some it. Happy WW!
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That is really cool! I've never seen that before! My girls would LOVE that! Of course, we'd have to double up on the allergy meds before we even attempted this project. lol :-P
Did you ever make daisy chains with your kids? We don't have wild daisies here but I would love to live vicariously through another blogger if you try it. hint...hint :-)
Oh, I am SO going to play with this experiement when my daughter gets home from school!! FUN!
Thank you for sharing this! My son is at the stage where he loves to pick the dandelions. Now I have something we can do with them. I can't wait to try it out!
I never knew they did that. What a great thing to do with the kids in the summer.
How fun! I never knew that would happen. We'll definitely be trying this.
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I did not know this. So cool. I'll do this with my kids for sure.
Oh so fun! I can't wait to try this with the kids :) Such a great thing to do outside in the Spring!
That is really cool. I never knew they did that. Next time we are actually around some dandelions, we'll have to give it a try. :)
Okay now I see what they are! Just replied to your comment asking. How fun, I had no idea they did that and it's great that you share the why behind it too. Funny how when you did your Little Ant review, I was in the process of doing mine and now we both posted on dandelions.
I didn't know that! We'll have to try it!
What a neat idea!
My kids love playing with those flowers. I dig the spirals!
I love learning and this is very interesting to learn. I did not know this before.
Love the photos and the fun experiment.
I love this! I've never thought of it as science - maybe we'll borrow it for Science Sunday - very fun!
I linked you today.
lisa
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