barnaby bear investigates – hedgerows ©geographical association 2014

Barnaby Bear Investigates –

Hedgerows

©Geographical Association 2014

Hello Everyone –this hedgerow is full of wild flowers! It’s Spring and everything is growing…

Look for the pink flowers in the hedgerow?

when you find them……

click


Well done! This flower is

called a pink campion. They grow by the side of roads and hedges. See if you can spot them in the

next picture ….

Click!


Can you see the pink campions? Click to see if you

are right….

Here they are!

Now let’s have a closer look at these yellow

flowers. Click on one…


You might know this one it’s called a

buttercup. It’s colour is just like

butter!

Click!


So now you should be able to

spot both buttercups and

pink campions in this hedgerow. Click when you have

found them….

Can you see another plant? What colour is it? When you find it

click on it….

Pink Campions

Buttercups


Cow parsley flowers look like little white umbrellas.

You can see who likes these flowers!

Well done! This white

plant is called cow parsley. Click and take a closer look….

Click!


There is still one more plant to find but it’s well hidden! To look closer –

click on the arrow…


It’s hidden in the undergrowth but

if it finds you it will stick to your clothing! Click on it to see it close

up…..

This plant is called

Goosegrass. Why do you think it sticks to your

clothes? Click to find out…..


Why do you think Goosegrass sticks to your clothing?

1. To stop animals eating it.

2. To stop you picking it .

3. To get you to take it’s seeds to another place.

Which one do you think is the right answer? Click when you have decided.

Goosegrass has little sticky seeds that stick to

animal fur or your clothing….. This is so the seeds will

drop off and grow in another place…. Very

clever!!


Well done! That’s 4 plants spotted.

Let’s check that you can remember them all.

Here Goes……..Click!


What is this?

Pink campion

What is this?

Buttercup

What is this??

Say the name of each plant

GoosegrassWhat is this?

Cow parsley

Did you get them all?

Click!Click! Click! Click!


So let’s investigate……What can you name in

this hedgerow?

When you think you’ve named all

the plants click for the answers.


How did you do? Did you spot all four? Click to check…

Pink campion

Cow parsleyButtercups

Goosegrasss


You can find all these plants in

hedgerows.

Test your friends and see how they

do!!!


Barnaby Bear Investigates –

Hedgerows

The End.

Bye! Bye!


barnaby bear investigates – hedgerows ©geographical association 2014

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