Ages 7-9 Video Playlist
Choose a link below to chow down on chocolate or leap into leaves.
How Do Trees and Fruit Grow?
Parts of a Tree – Science Trek: Tree Video Short – Idaho Public Television
Did you know that some of the tallest trees have root systems the size of a soccer field? Test your knowledge on how trees make food and the many benefits they give us.
How Do Trees Grow? – Kids STEM – Socratica Kids
How long does it take for a tree to grow? Some grow faster than others. Find out why! Also learn how to recognize the different seeds that grow into different types of trees.
The Layers of the Rainforest – Simon Kids
Learn more about the tropical rainforests that the cacao tree calls home. Did you know that animals and plants are adapted to live in different layers of the rainforest? Check out why!
How Do Bananas Grow and End Up in the Store? – Inside Edition
See how bananas are grown in such faraway tropical places as Ecuador in South America. Did you know they travel to the U.S. by boat? Get to know other tasty banana facts!
Reviving the cashew nut industry on the Kenyan Coast with Ten Senses Africa – Farm Africa
Check out the very unusual way that cashews grow… at the end of an apple! See from start to finish how difficult it is to prepare cashews to be sold in grocery stores and how Kenya is reviving the industry.
All About Chocolate
Who Invented Chocolate? – Colossal Questions – Colossal Cranium
Craving more tasty tidbits about chocolate? See how it started in Mexico with the Maya and traveled across the ocean to Spain and all around the world.
Cocoa Fruit Harvesting – Cocoa Bean Processing to Make Chocolate in Factory – Noal Farm
Did you know that most cacao trees are grown in Ghana and the Ivory Coast on the African continent? Get a better appreciation of the hard work people do to make the world’s chocolate.
Shows About Cacao
Where Does Chocolate Come From – The Pollination of Cocoa Trees – NewerWorlds Productions
See how cocoa trees are pollinated by small flies called midges. Without their important work with cocoa flowers, we wouldn’t have chocolate at all!
Inside the Hershey Chocolate Factory – Unwrapped – Food Network
It’s like visiting Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, but it’s real! Travel to Hershey, Pennsylvania to get a behind-the-scenes look at how the country’s most famous chocolate is made.