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00:00Well, you might get hungry during today's lesson because today we are going to learn
00:05about vegetables from around the world.
00:09So as we mentioned earlier, vegetables, that's what we're talking about today, vegetables
00:13from around the world.
00:14And this is actually a video idea from Laura Luna.
00:17So Laura, what a wonderful idea.
00:20We're excited to talk about vegetables and hopefully you'll get hungry and excited as
00:24you watch this video.
00:27I'm racing in a race car.
00:29Okay, so life is really fast paced, right?
00:32And we get hungry.
00:33And there are some things that we just want to eat that's quick, that's easy, that's simple,
00:38that's healthy.
00:39And there's nothing that's more simple and healthy than eating vegetables.
00:44Okay, well before we learn about different types of vegetables and what they do for our
00:50bodies, how exciting, how fun they are, we have to answer this question.
00:53What are vegetables?
00:54Huh, that's a good question.
00:58Well, vegetables are parts of plants that are used for food.
01:06The truth is vegetables can come from any of the plant parts.
01:12Remember, there are six plant parts.
01:17The six plant parts are roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds.
01:28If you don't know these, we made a whole video on plant parts and their functions.
01:33I know, shameless pitch.
01:35It's okay.
01:36Let's get back.
01:37Today, we're going to be learning six vegetables that correspond to each of these plant parts.
01:46Carrots are roots, celery, it comes from the stems, lettuce is leaves, broccoli, they're
01:54actually flowers, bell peppers are fruit, and peas are seeds.
02:02Now you might be confused here.
02:04We need to say this because you might be like, what?
02:07Notice there is a difference between the plant part of fruit and the type of food we know
02:13of as fruit.
02:16Let's explain.
02:19You see, bell peppers are the fruit of pepper plants.
02:24Pepper plants grow and then they have fruit coming out.
02:28They're the fruit of the pepper plants.
02:32But bell peppers are still vegetables.
02:35Vegetable plants still have all the plant parts, okay?
02:41It's confusing because we have the same word for the plant part that we do for the type
02:46of food.
02:48Vegetables have fruit, but that doesn't make the vegetables fruit.
02:52Another example are tomatoes.
02:55Tomatoes are the fruit of tomato plants, but tomatoes are still vegetables.
03:00It's confusing.
03:01It's weird.
03:02It's not our fault.
03:03I don't know who did this.
03:04It's so confusing.
03:05It's okay.
03:06Okay, so here's our list again.
03:11We're going to learn about carrots, celery, lettuce, broccoli, bell peppers, and peas,
03:17and these represent all six of the plant parts.
03:20Hope you're ready.
03:21Ah, carrots.
03:22Look how orange they are.
03:23We love this.
03:24The orange root vegetable.
03:29The carrot, so crunchy, right?
03:32Have you had a carrot any time recently?
03:37They're really, really good, super crunchy, very orange, very tasty.
03:46Look at these carrots.
03:47It's really clear that they're roots, isn't it?
03:49Look at the ends of some of these carrots.
03:51They look like roots, and that's exactly what they are.
03:56Carrots are yummy orange roots.
04:02And this is interesting.
04:03Did you know carrots are grown in every continent of the world except Antarctica?
04:09They're found all over the world.
04:13Why do you think they can't grow them in Antarctica?
04:17Yeah, it's a little bit cold.
04:21It's a little bit cold in Antarctica.
04:23They can't grow carrots there.
04:26Everywhere else around the world, they grow carrots.
04:30And it's so awesome that they're grown around the world because they are so healthy.
04:37There's a lot of amazing things that carrots do for your body, but two of them are they
04:41are great for your skin, and carrots are great for your teeth.
04:48They're great for your skin, and they're great for your teeth.
04:53Maybe we should all be more like the rabbits and eat more carrots.
04:56Try to eat a carrot every day.
04:58How cool would that be?
05:00Carrots are so healthy for you.
05:01They're great for your skin.
05:02They're great for your teeth.
05:03They're fun to eat.
05:05They're crunchy.
05:06They're orange, and you can be like a rabbit.
05:08All right.
05:09I don't know.
05:10Anyway, it's cool, carrots.
05:15The next vegetable we're going to talk about is celery.
05:19Celery is amazing.
05:20It's so crunchy, so crisp, so refreshing.
05:24This green vegetable looks like stems because celery sticks are stems.
05:32Okay.
05:33Well, where is celery grown?
05:36Celery is grown in North America, North Africa, in Europe, Southwest Asia, and North Asia,
05:45also called Siberia.
05:47Celery is a little more picky about where it can be grown.
05:50It's not like carrots.
05:52Carrots are grown all over the world.
05:54Celery is grown in different places around the world, but needs certain weather to grow
05:59right.
06:04Celery is super healthy, too.
06:05In fact, it helps your body fight sickness.
06:09Whoa.
06:11Celery helps your body fight sickness.
06:16You can think of celery as sticks that you fight sickness with.
06:20Yeah, get back sickness.
06:23Celery sticks.
06:24They're awesome.
06:25They help your body fight sickness, and they are so delicious, crispy, crunchy, yum, celery.
06:39The next vegetable we're going to talk about is lettuce.
06:42Lettuce is a great example of the plant part, leaves.
06:46They even look like leaves, don't they?
06:48They're leaves that you can eat.
06:51Lettuce.
06:52Lettuce is amazing.
06:53It's delicious.
06:54Did you know lettuce is the base of most salads?
06:57Look at this delicious salad.
07:00Lettuce goes with just about everything, and everything goes with lettuce.
07:04Delicious salads are usually made with lettuce.
07:10Oh, and sandwiches.
07:12Sandwiches are so much more tasty with lettuce.
07:16So amazing.
07:17Bada bing, bada boom.
07:18Hope your tummy's got some room, because when a sandwich has lettuce, it's just that much
07:23better.
07:24Lettuce goes with just about anything, and everything, and it has so many health benefits.
07:31It helps your body so much.
07:33One of the biggest things it does, it is great for your heart.
07:37Lettuce is great for your heart.
07:43That's right.
07:45Lettuce is great for your heart.
07:47In fact, lettuce makes a happy heart.
07:50Okay, got really cheesy there.
07:53It's okay.
07:54You know what we mean.
07:55A healthy, strong heart that comes from lettuce, and every bit counts.
08:00If you have an extra salad, just snacking on lettuce, trying to put it on your sandwich.
08:05If you're going to have a sandwich, put some lettuce on it.
08:07Eat more lettuce to have a happier, healthier heart.
08:12Hey, next we have broccoli, the world's ugliest flowers.
08:18No, the ends, these little balls that you see here in this picture of broccoli, those
08:23are actually flowers.
08:25The top is actually called the flowering head.
08:29These are blossoms.
08:30These are flowers.
08:33Broccoli is grown around the world, but the majority of the broccoli in the world is grown
08:41in China and in India.
08:45Okay, so they're not the prettiest vegetable in the world, but they are so good for you,
08:51and they do make a fantastic snack.
08:54So nutritious.
08:55Did you know broccoli is great for your eyes?
09:00It's true.
09:01I mean, look, they even look like eyes.
09:05It's like the broccoli's staring at you right now to make sure you're making healthy food
09:12choices.
09:13Yeah, that's right.
09:14That's right.
09:15The broccoli's watching, and you best eat some broccoli because it's great for your
09:20eyes.
09:21Okay?
09:22Great for your eyes.
09:24Broccoli is great for your eyes.
09:25If you see a kid eating broccoli, say, hey, you're helping your eyeballs right now.
09:29Yep, it's good for your eyes.
09:32Next we have bell peppers.
09:35Bell peppers come in all different types of colors.
09:38They're so exciting.
09:39They are considered sweet peppers.
09:41There are hot peppers.
09:42We're not talking about that in this video, but bell peppers, so delicious.
09:51Bell peppers can be grown around the world, but most of them are grown in Mexico, China,
09:58and Indonesia.
10:01Bell peppers are so tasty, so yummy, and they help your body in a lot of different
10:05ways, but one specific way that bell peppers help your body is with your hair.
10:12Bell peppers are great for your hair.
10:19You love your hair, right?
10:20You got a nice hairstyle going on.
10:22You want your hair to be nice and healthy and strong.
10:26Bell peppers, bell peppers, you're going to want to eat bell peppers, and bell peppers
10:33are so much fun to eat.
10:35Did you know you could stuff bell peppers?
10:38That's something a lot of people do.
10:40They take the seeds out, because remember, bell peppers are the fruit of the pepper plant.
10:45They're still vegetables, but they're the fruit of the pepper plant.
10:49You take that stuff out, you stuff stuff in, and it's like a Christmas present.
10:54It's like a Christmas present for your hair.
10:57So good for your hair.
10:58Oh, protect your hair.
11:01Bell peppers.
11:03Next time it's snack time, just say, bell peppers, please.
11:06I want it to be Christmas again.
11:13On to our final vegetable.
11:15The last vegetable are peas.
11:17Peas are actually seeds, and they come in these seed pods that you can see.
11:22They have the expression like two peas in a pod.
11:25It's like they're really closely related, because these seeds are really close together.
11:30How cool are peas?
11:32Now, like carrots, peas can grow all around the world, except the Arctic, the tundra.
11:45You're not growing any peas here, or the carrots.
11:48You're not going to get much of that, but you know what I mean.
11:51They're all around the world, okay?
11:53All around the world, carrots, peas, they're not that picky.
11:56They just want people to eat them, that's it.
11:59They want to be eaten by everybody.
12:04They're fun to eat.
12:05You could just plop them in, two, three, four, ten, twenty.
12:09They're awesome.
12:10They're seeds.
12:11They're fun to eat.
12:12But they're so healthy, too.
12:13Did you know peas are great for your bones?
12:20The secret is peas have lots of vitamin K. Vitamin K is amazing for your bones.
12:28So when you're eating a lot of peas, know, hey, I'm getting a lot of vitamin K. I'm helping
12:33my bones.
12:34I'm just going to plop these in.
12:35It's going to be awesome.
12:36They're fun to eat.
12:38They're green.
12:39They're fun.
12:40They're cool.
12:41And, wow, I'm going to be healthier.
12:44So this is what kids and adults from all over the world are doing.
12:50They're realizing that if they want to be stronger and healthier, they've got to eat
12:55more veggies.
12:56And hopefully you've learned some new things about these vegetables and you'll be ready
13:01to try some of these out and eat more of them and explore the cool world of vegetables.
13:14Happy snacking!