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Follow That Sunflower

__________ pushed aside a few tall sunflower stems, trying to see up to the sky. 

“Do you see anything,” _________ asked. 

“Just sunflowers,” _________ sighed. 

__________ let the fuzzy sunflower stems slip out of his/her hands, then sat down on the ground. 

“We could try to re-trace our steps,” __________ suggested. 

The two searched the soil immediately surrounding their feet, but neither could make out a single footprint.   At almost the exact same time they both said, “Or not,” and then laughed despite their unfortunate predicament. 

“Well, we better think of something, and fast too.  It’ll be getting dark soon,” __________ said.

“That’s it,” shouted __________.  We can use the _______ to find our way out of here, but we have to hurry.”

_________ didn’t know exactly what _________ had in mind, but ______ was willing to try anything to get them home.

Based on what you’ve learned about sunflowers, how might you use the sunflowers to find your way out of the field?  What does the solution have to do with it getting dark or the sun setting?  How could you use sunflowers to determine east and west?


 

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