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How sunflowers follow the sun
4 chapters
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by teacher · 9 jul 2026
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Chapter 1
The daily dance of heliotropism
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The morning turn to the east
2
Tracking the sun across the sky
3
The mysterious nighttime reset
4
Growing up and settling down
5
How scientists tracked the movement
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Chapter 2
The internal clock and growth hormones
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The plant hormone called auxin
2
An internal twenty four hour clock
3
Sensing light with phototropins
4
The cellular stretch on opposite sides
5
What happens when you trick them
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Chapter 3
Why follow the sun
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Warming up for early visitors
2
The physical benefits of heat
3
Protecting delicate seeds from sunburn
4
A beacon for beneficial insects
5
Warding off fungal infections
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Chapter 4
The global journey of the sunflower
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Indigenous farmers of North America
2
The Spanish voyage to Europe
3
How Russia became a sunflower superpower
4
Sunflowers cleaning up toxic waste
5
The mathematical beauty of seeds
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