A WORLD OF CURIOUS MINDS
Busy Bees
Every spring, beekeepers bring bees to pollinate California's almond trees.
Source: California Department of Food and Agriculture
Adventure 21 · With Bella
California Farms
Bella's Amazing Fact
Every spring, beekeepers bring bees to pollinate California's almond trees.
Can you spot…
- a tractor
- strawberries
- an orange tree
Look for them in the picture, then try the online activities below.
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From the Amazing Facts page
Amazing Facts
Shrinking Grapes
It takes about 4 and a half pounds of grapes to make just 1 pound of raisins!
Source: TextProject FYI for Kids: Raisins
Secret Flower
An artichoke is really a flower bud! If nobody picks it, it opens into a big purple flower.
Source: UC ANR: What is an Artichoke?
Magic Cloves
Plant just one garlic clove and it grows into a whole new bulb with 5 to 10 cloves!
Source: Cornell Cooperative Extension: 4 easy steps to growing garlic
Avocado Land
Most of the avocados grown in the U.S. come from California.
Source: California Avocado Commission
Milk Machine
A California dairy cow makes about 7 gallons of milk a day. That is more than 100 glasses!
Source: California Milk Advisory Board: Milk fact sheet
Salad Bowl
The Salinas Valley grows almost half of all the lettuce in the U.S.!
Source: DAT: Bellying up to America's salad bowl
Online activities
Do this adventure online
Unlock the California activities
Enter the code printed on the inside front cover of your book, or scan the unlock QR code there with a phone camera. You only need to do this once on each device.
Code not working? Email [email protected] and we'll help.
Color it in
To doColors
Can you spot?
To doFind each one in the picture and tick it off.
Fact match
To doWhich Amazing Fact is this?
Word puzzle
To doTap the letters in the right order. It's something you can spot in the picture!
Answers for grown-ups
- Every spring, beekeepers bring bees to pollinate California's almond trees.
- Busy Bees
- It takes about 4 and a half pounds of grapes to make just 1 pound of raisins!
- Shrinking Grapes
- An artichoke is really a flower bud! If nobody picks it, it opens into a big purple flower.
- Secret Flower
- Unscramble: OARTTCR
- TRACTOR
This is the QR code printed on the Adventure 21 coloring page.