Do plants sleep?

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.5 • 14.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Humans need sleep to survive, but do plants doze off too? In this episode, we’ll look into how plants rest. Turns out humans and plants aren’t all that different! We’ll hear about how we share a common ancestor, way, way back in history. We’ll also learn how plants and people have little built-in clocks that tell us when it’s day and night! Oh, and Sanden parties with his plant pals and we guess an all-new Mystery Sound. This episode was sponsored by: Indeed (Indeed.com/BRAINS - Terms and conditions apply. Cost per application pricing not available for everyone.) *****Do you have your Smarty Pass yet?? Get yours today for just $4/month (or $36/year) and get bonus episodes every month, and ad-free versions of every episode of Brains On, Smash Boom Best, Moment of Um, and Forever Ago. Visit www.smartypass.org to get your Smarty Pass today! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Brains On, where we're serious about being curious.
0:03.6	Brains On is supported on part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
0:12.6	Ah, I love hanging out in the Brains On greenhouse with all my plant buddies, especially at night.
0:19.5	I love giving each of the plants a little sprinkle of fertilizer for a midnight snack
0:24.3	and tucking the smallest seedlings into their soft dirt bed.
0:28.5	There you go, little guy.
0:30.2	Sometimes I do a little light leaf trimming.
0:33.2	I always make sure to spritz any shoots that look thirsty.
0:36.7	Then I read the plants a good night's story and they all go to sleep.
0:42.2	Ah, we don't want to sleep.
0:44.7	Ah, a talking plant.
0:46.2	Wait, what?
0:47.7	You don't want to sleep?
0:49.7	Uh, no.
0:51.7	We want to party.
0:55.7	Whoa, I have never seen a blueberry bush do that move before.
1:00.7	You've never been to a shrubstep party?
1:03.7	Oh, come on, Sandin. Let's see those moves.
1:06.7	Oh, okay. Um, how about this?
1:10.7	Huh.
1:11.7	Is he doing the daffodil drop?
1:14.7	Now he's doing this sprinkler.
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