Go outside with a grown-up and choose one leaf, flower stem, or shrub branch to inspect closely. Look for tiny insects, curled leaves, sticky spots, or little groups of aphids. Do not touch insects or pull leaves apart.
Draw what you find. Add a tiny Dot somewhere on your drawing and show where she might look for food.
Think About It: What clues might tell you that a plant has aphids or another small insect living on it?
Grandma’s reminder:
“Dot may be tiny, but she can eat an aphid problem one little bite at a time.”
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Dot’s Plant Inspection
Go outside with a grown-up and choose one leaf, flower stem, or shrub branch to inspect closely. Look for tiny insects, curled leaves, sticky spots, or little groups of aphids. Do not touch insects or pull leaves apart.
Draw what you find. Add a tiny Dot somewhere on your drawing and show where she might look for food.
Think About It: What clues might tell you that a plant has aphids or another small insect living on it?
Grandma’s reminder:
“Dot may be tiny, but she can eat an aphid problem one little bite at a time.”
☐ Go outside with a grown-up and choose one leaf, flower stem, or shrub branch to inspect closely. Look for tiny insects, curled leaves, sticky spots, or little groups of aphids. Do not touch insects or pull leaves apart.
☐ Draw what you find. Add a tiny Dot somewhere on your drawing and show where she might look for food.
☐ Think About It: What clues might tell you that a plant has aphids or another small insect living on it?
☐ Grandma’s reminder:
☐ “Dot may be tiny, but she can eat an aphid problem one little bite at a time.”
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