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


Future Broadcast times for "Elinor Wonders Why": (show all)

Sat, Jul 27 1:00 P.M. Underground Soup/Dandy Dandelions     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Jul 28 1:00 P.M. Butterfly Party/More Than One Right Way     NH Kids (11.5)
Mon, Jul 29 12:00 P.M. Elinor's Fishy Friend/Do The Crane Dance     NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Jul 30 12:00 P.M. Spice Is Nice/Aris Muscles     NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Jul 30 1:00 P.M. Echo Location/Ears to You     NH Kids (11.5)
Wed, Jul 31 12:00 P.M. The Town Picnic/The Amazing Expandable Clubhouse     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Jul 31 1:00 P.M. Olive's Library/Nature Walk     NH Kids (11.5)
Thu, Aug 1 12:00 P.M. Hiding In Plain Sight/Owl Girl     NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Aug 1 1:00 P.M. A Garden for All/Band of Explorers     NH Kids (11.5)
Fri, Aug 2 12:00 P.M. Clean Captain/The Moment of Tooth     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Aug 2 1:00 P.M. The Little Drummer/Rest Is Best     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Aug 3 1:00 P.M. Echo Location/Ears to You     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Aug 4 1:00 P.M. A Garden for All/Band of Explorers     NH Kids (11.5)
Mon, Aug 5 1:00 P.M. A Moth Mystery/Just Peachy     NH Kids (11.5)
Tue, Aug 6 12:00 P.M. The Science of Staying Warm/The Seed of An Idea     NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Aug 6 1:00 P.M. The Tomato Drop/Look What I Can Do     NH Kids (11.5)


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