Why do these Cucumbers EXPLODE?! | Maddie Moate

I visit Cambridge University Botanic Garden to poke some squirting cucumbers...
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Teaching Resources for UK and US Curriculum
National Curriculum in England: Science Programmes of Study
Parts of a Plant (Key Stage 1 - Year 1) 1.2 Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees.
Habitats (Key Stage 1 - Year 2)1.2 Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other.
Pollination and Seed Dispersal; Plants Need Water And Light; (Key Stage 1 - Year 2) 2.1 Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants.
Parts of a Plant (Key Stage 2 - Year 3) 1.1 Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.
Pollination and Seed Dispersal (Key Stage 2 - Year 3) 1.4 Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
Animal & Plant Life Cycles (Key Stage 2 - Year 5) 1.2 Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals.
Brain Processing of Senses; Ecosystems; Adaptations and the Environment (Key Stage 2 - Year 6) 3.3 Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution.
US Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment
K-ESS2-2. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
2-LS2-2. Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.
2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.
3-LS4-4. Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat, some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
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