Dinosaur Train
Nature Trackers Activity with Grandma and Grandpa
Clip: Season 3 | 1m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
The kids have a special day in nature with Grandma and Grandpa.
The kids learn about sycamore trees during their special day in nature with Grandma and Grandpa.
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Dinosaur Train
Nature Trackers Activity with Grandma and Grandpa
Clip: Season 3 | 1m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
The kids learn about sycamore trees during their special day in nature with Grandma and Grandpa.
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- I'VE KNOWN THIS TREE FOR A LONG TIME.
IN FACT, THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT WAS WHEN IT WAS THIS HIGH.
- [laughs] WOW!
THAT'S SO TINY!
AND I KNOW TINY.
- TREES ARE NEVER THAT SMALL.
ARE THEY?
- ALL SYCAMORE TREES START OFF THAT SMALL AS BABIES.
- WAIT, THIS IS A SYCAMORE TREE TOO?
- DAD TOLD US THAT A LOT OF THE TREES AROUND HERE ARE SYCAMORES.
- WELL, YOUR DAD'S RIGHT.
WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT SYCAMORES?
- YEAH, 'CAUSE WE'RE THE... kids: NATURE TRACKERS!
- YEAH!
- WHOO-HOO!
- YEAH!
- ALL RIGHT!
- AH, THE SYCAMORE TREE.
THIS TREE HAS AN INTERESTING LIFE CYCLE.
IT GROWS FROM SEED BALLS THAT FALL TO THE GROUND.
AS THEY FALL, LITTLE HAIRS ON THE SEEDS ACT LIKE PARACHUTES, HELPING TO SPREAD THEM OVER A WIDE AREA.
THEN THE SEEDS GET COVERED WITH SOIL, WATERED BY RAIN, WARMED BY SUNSHINE, AND THEY GROW AND GROW!
AFTER YEARS, A BABY TREE BECOMES LARGE, STRONG, AND LEAFY, AND EVEN GROWS FLOWERS.
- [squawks] REALLY?
- YES, REALLY.
SYCAMORE TREES BELONG TO THE GROUP CALLED FLOWERING PLANTS.
- AND LOOK HOW TALL THEY CAN GROW!
- OH, SYCAMORES CAN GROW UP TO 150 FEET TALL!
THAT'S TALLER THAN NED BRACHIOSAURUS' NECK STRETCHED ALL THE WAY UP!
kids: WOW!
- PLUS, THEY'RE ALL COVERED WITH LEAVES!
- MM-HMM.
SYCAMORES MAKE THE PERFECT SHADE TREE.
- NO WONDER DAD LIKES THEM SO MUCH.
- ONCE A YEAR, THE GREEN LEAVES TURN GOLD, AND THEY ALL FALL OFF.
THE WORD FOR TREES THAT DROP THEIR LEAVES IS "DECIDUOUS."
- WOW, GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, YOU BOTH KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT SYCAMORE TREES.
- YEAH!
YOU'RE SO SMART!
- WELL, WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
- [laughs] YEAH, BUT NOT AS LONG AS SYCAMORE TREES.
THEY CAN LIVE OVER 500 YEARS.
- 500 YEARS?
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