Zig Zag Plant/Butterfly Drinks -
elinor wonders why

Zig Zag Plant - A mystery is afoot at Elinor's school when one of the class plants grows in an unusual shape. Instead of growing straight up like the other plants, this plant is growing in a zig-zag pattern. Elinor and her friends investigate what could have happened to this plant to make it grow like that. After learning that most plants always grow up towards the sky, the kids piece together the clues and discover that this plant spent some time on its side, and then some time right side up, resulting in the zig-zag pattern! The kids love the shape of this plant, and name it "the Zig Zag Plant." Butterfly Drinks - Insect Day is coming up at school and Elinor couldn't be more thrilled to finish her home-made butterfly costume. However, she quickly runs into a problem, because she can't drink anything when her hands are busy being the wings in her costume! Elinor sets out to solve the problem with her dad by learning how real butterflies drink. After some careful watching, she realizes that a butterfly doesn't even have a mouth, but a proboscis, which looks like a long straw, and that's how they drink nectar from a flower! This gives Elinor the idea to add a super long drinking straw to complete her costume.

Episode Duration: 28 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 121

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Tue, Oct 8	12:00 P.M.	Butterfly Party/More Than One Right Way NHPBS (11.1)
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Wed, Oct 9	12:00 P.M.	A Garden for All/Band of Explorers NHPBS (11.1)
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Thu, Oct 10	1:00 P.M.	Hiding In Plain Sight/Owl Girl NH Kids (11.5)
Fri, Oct 11	12:00 P.M.	The Fright Stuff/Doug The Mold NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Oct 11	1:00 P.M.	The Fright Stuff/Doug The Mold NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Oct 12	1:00 P.M.	The Fright Stuff/Doug The Mold NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Oct 13	1:00 P.M.	Hiding In Plain Sight/Owl Girl NH Kids (11.5)
Mon, Oct 14	12:00 P.M.	The Little Drummer/Rest Is Best NHPBS (11.1)
Mon, Oct 14	1:00 P.M.	Butterfly Party/More Than One Right Way NH Kids (11.5)
Tue, Oct 15	12:00 P.M.	The Fright Stuff/Doug The Mold NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Oct 15	1:00 P.M.	The Fright Stuff/Doug The Mold NH Kids (11.5)
Wed, Oct 16	12:00 P.M.	Teacher's Day/The Nose Knows NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Oct 16	1:00 P.M.	Olive's Library/Nature Walk NH Kids (11.5)
Thu, Oct 17	12:00 P.M.	The Town Picnic/The Amazing Expandable Clubhouse NHPBS (11.1)