Parts of a Plant

Students will be able to identify and describe the basic parts of a plants.

Tell your class that roots hold the plant into the soil. They take in water and minerals to help the plant stay alive.

Define the stem as the part that carries water from the roots to the other parts of the plant.

Explain that the flower helps the plant reproduce, making seeds that will grow into new plants.

Tell your class that leaves take in the air and light that a plant needs to live.

Guided Practice

Instruct the class that they will creating  parts of  their own plant. 
Pass out the following supplies to your class: coffee grounds, fake flowers, green construction paper, glue, scissors, and white construction paper.

 Children will be place in groups of three 

Group one will make a mosaic  of the root and flower

Group two will do a collage of the stem

Group three will make a fronttage  of a leaf