Roses Aren't Red
 Roses Aren't Red |
| Thanks to pigments, genes, and
high-tech tools, science can now change the natural color of
flowers. |
 WOW! |
| Here's your chance to be creative
and go totally crazy! Help Dr. Griesbach write a new nursery
rhyme that tells about his research. The Cracking Nature's Color-Code for Flowers
story in the Plants section of
Sci4Kids
includes lots of super cool words to work with. Here are a few--blue roses,
orange petunias, marigolds, genes, DNA, palette, pigments, high
tech, flavonoids, carotenoids, cholorophyll, vacuoles, acidity. |
NO RULES--GO WILD! |
| TEACHERS: Have any of your students done an
awesome job of capturing the science in Dr. Griesbach's research? Submit
their rhymes to DrWatts@ars.usda.gov for inclusion in his "MAILBAG." Be sure to include the student's first name only, grade, school,
and State, as well as YOUR name. |
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