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Lesson 7 | Read the World                                           CLIL Science



             1     Look at the article. What kinds of plants do you see?

             2    5.13 Listen and read. What is a botanist?


                  Be aBotanisT!




                A botanist is someone who studies
                plants. Call them a plant scientist!
                Botanists study all kinds                  Botanists travel all around the world.
                of plants. They can tell                   You can see them in any place that
                you that this flower, an                    has plants, from mountains to
                orchid, is also called                     rainforests! A botanist can work
                the bee orchid. The                        in a laboratory or in a botanical
                flower looks this way to                    garden, like this one.
                attract bees. The bees
                help the flower to grow.
                Botany is a very big
                science—and there
                are so many different
                plants in the world.
                There is a lot for
                botanists to learn
                about. Some botanists
                look for new kinds of
                plants. Others try to learn about how
                plants grow. Some use a microscope
                to study how plants look inside.


                Plants are very important to humans        Next time you
                and animals. This means botanists have     go outside to a
                important jobs. They can study plants that   garden or a park,
                are sick and protect plants from pollution   look at the plants.
                made by humans. They can also help to      You can be a
                find ways to grow plants that humans eat.   botanist, too!



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