Expedition dandelion and activities

• Expedition dandelion and activities

  

  
  

  • Expedition dandelion

    Pre-expedition prep

    Watch this video before you head out on your expedition. Captions and full-screen options are available in the player at the bottom of the video or view the text description below the video.
    

    
    
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    Dandelion Leaves video - text description Page

    Text description of above video

  • Your mission

    Select from 3 available formats
    
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    Expedition dandelion and activities (opens in a new window/tab) File

    View this PDF on your computer or tablet - or print it out.
    

    Find out more about Dandelions by joining Marley to find out more about dandelions in the section above first then go on Expedition Dandelion!
    

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    Expedition dandelion and activities - alternative version (opens in a new window/tab) File

    This is an alternative version of the above activity
    

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    Expedition Dandelion - text version Page

    Good for viewing on a mobile phone when outside if you cannot print out the sheet
    

  • Your dandelion dissection

    Does your dissection look like this? Select an image to take a closer look (opens in a new window/tab):
    
    

    

    
    

    
    

    
    
  • Dandelion poems

    Try writing a poem about a dandelion. Some links to examples of dandelion poems appear below.
    

    When you are writing your poem, think about where the dandelion lives, what it looks like, its colours and shapes, the roots, the leaves, the flowers and the clocks.

    Will your poem rhyme?

    Will it have a special rhythm?

    It could have one line starting with each letter of the word DANDELION. This kind of poem was used for a book called The Lost Words. It is called an acrostic poem.
    

    Maybe you could illustrate your poem with a picture.
    

    (All links below open in a new window/tab)

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    Dandelion poem from The Lost Words URL

    This poster is the original poem from the book The Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris. Hosted by the John Muir Trust.
    

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    A dandelion song URL

    This is a song about dandelions from the book Spell Songs - the partner to The Lost Words.
    

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    Dandelion poem URL

    This is a poem by Gerda Stevenson at the Scottish Poetry Library.