We are learning about biodiversity. Living things depend on each other to be healthy and survive.
I can see dandelions appearing in my garden and on my daily walk.
I often spot creatures sunbathing on them or with their head in the centre doing something.
Competition Time!
What is the length of the tallest dandelion you can find?
Use numeracy skills – counting, tallying, measurement and information handling to investigate and win the competition!
Leave a comment on the blog or in SeeSaw telling us about what you find – photographic evidence would be great to see!
Some more questions for you to investigate
- Do dandelions grow in your garden?
- Where do they grow?
- Do the dandelions you find grow in groups or are they on their own?
- Why do so many dandelions grow in one area compared with another area that is quite close?
- Why are some short?
- Why are some very tall?
- Why are some closed and others open?
- Why are there some patches that only have leaves?
The tallest dandelion we found was 34cm. We found lots.
Wow! That is an amazing height Erin. I will take a note of that, thank you for sharing.
We found lots of dandelions in the wild parts of our garden the longest so far is 26cm
That’s pretty tall! I wonder who will win the tallest dandelion competition?
We went swimming in the river. On the way home we looked for dandelions. The largest one we found was 28cm.
Henry and Dee
I am just delighted to read this Dee. Thank you so much for sharing! I will add this to the competition entries.
We have some big dandelion patches in our field. The tallest one I found was 45 cm!
Hi Evie, I have made sure that your entry has been included in the competition. Thank you Ms Rossvoll