Compare life spans of plants, humans, and materials with this fun flower recycle craft! Watch this cool time lapse video of an hibiscus flower’s lifespan. This is a great opportunity to discuss the lifespan of humans and living creatures: A fruit fly only lives 24 hours where humans live an average of 80 years compared to a 200+ year life span of tortoises! Also discuss the lifespan of physical materials: why do we recycle? Because certain man-made materials “live” for a looooong time and decompose VERY slowly.

SAVE & PRINT lesson.