Green Balloon Club

Green Balloon Club: The Lifecycle

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Green Balloon Club

The Lifecycle

Season 1 | Episode 39 | BBC CBeebies | October 17, 2017

Science

Classification: General

The Green Team find out about the life cycle. Ant brings in some pupae that he is watching, hoping that they will soon hatch into butterflies. Green Balloon Club members Maisie, Christopher and Jada find frogspawn in their local pond, while Jelly and her friends check out the bird life on the estuary. Jay learns about puffins.

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The Green Team find out about the life cycle. Ant brings in some pupae that he is watching, hoping that they will soon hatch into butterflies. Green Balloon Club members Maisie, Christopher and Jada find frogspawn in their local pond, while Jelly and her friends check out the bird life on the estuary. Jay learns about puffins.

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