By Ellen Stafford8814 – Section1

Table of Contents

What We Will Learn KWL Chart on Plants Examples of Plants Parts of a Plant

Parts of a Plant Activity

What Do Plants Need? Growth of a Plant

Plant Growth Activities

What Would We Like to Grow? Let’s Vote Activity!

What will we learn?

How to identify the basic needs of a plant

How to identify the parts of a plant

(S1L1 a. and c. – First Grade)

KWL Chart on PLANTS

What do we know already?

What do we want to know?

What did we learn?

• Some of them die• Plants need water• They are everywhere• Most plants are green

• What does a plant look like under the ground?• What causes a plant to die?• How do some plants get so big?• How do they get their food?

Examples of Plants

Corn

Trees

Flowers

CactusPumpkins

Parts of a Plant

Flower

Leaves

Stem

Roots

Parts of a Plant Activity

Now you try it!

DIRECTIONS:

Guess what part of the plant each arrow is pointing to. Click the mouse to see if you are right.

Stem

Roots

Flower

Leaf

What do plants need?

Plant

Water Air SoilLight

Growth of a Plant

SecondFirst

Third

Plant Growth Activities

Click on this website to watch a plant grow:

http://www5.unitedstreaming.com/index.cfm

Now it’s your turn to grow a plant. Click on this website:

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/gardenshop/load.htm?f

What do we want to grow? Let’s vote!

Seed Choices

Pumpkin, 3

Corn, 4

Flowers, 8

Cactus, 3

Tree, 3

Click here to see pictures of our choices

What do we want to grow?

1

Pumpkin

CornFlowers

CactusTree

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Seed Choices

Our charts tell us that the winner is ….

Flowers!Time to start planting!