Wild About Cabbage: Untamed Science Video
- At June 21, 2012
- By OLE
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This Week: Wild About Cabbage
Description
Did you know that broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and collared greens are all cultivars, selected from the same species, Brassica oleracea, a wild cabbage? Turns out the ancestor to these modern cultivars grew along the Mediterranean.
Naturally, the Untamed Science crew thought it would be a perfect place to start a bike ride across Europe. In this episode, the crew rides the first leg of their journey and explains why we get so many varieties of the same plant.
About Untamed Science
Produced and hosted by a diverse crew of science-expert-videographers, these lively, flexible videos can be used to introduce a topic, reinforce concepts, or simply add some fun to a lesson presentation.
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