1. Red, Green, or Brown? A Picture Guide to Seaweeds
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Red, Green, or Brown? A Picture Guide to Seaweeds 1

2. Do you know what Seaweed is?
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Do you know what Seaweed is?
Similar to plants
Live in the ocean
Sometimes called “Algae”
Seaweed and plants: use sunlight to make food
Seaweed: no roots or veins, instead they anchor themselves to rocks with holdfasts
Plants: have roots to anchor themselves and to take up water and nutrients from the soil 2

3. Did you know there are 3 Kinds of Seaweeds?
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Did you know there are 3 Kinds of Seaweeds?
Green Seaweeds
Red Seaweeds
Brown Seaweeds

4. Can you tell one kind of seaweed from another? Let’s play a game!
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Can you tell one kind of seaweed from another? Let’s play a game!
If you think you know if the
picture shows a red, green,
or brown seaweed, raise
your hand!

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Green

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Brown

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Red

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Brown

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Green

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Red

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Green

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Brown

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Brown

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Red

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Green

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Red

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Brown
Red

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Green
Red