This Topic Mini-Research & Literature Web Page
was developed for Mrs. Merritt's First Grade Class at Anne Bell Clark
designed by Shawna Cronin, a Valdosta State University Preservice Teacher
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Flowers
have more than one part! They are composed of four main parts: the petals, the leaves, the stems, and the roots. Click here to see a diagram and read all about flowering plant parts! |
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Do
you know the difference between flowering plants and fruit plants? See if you can sort them in a really cool game! Click here to play the Fun In The Garden Game! |
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How
much do you know about these parts? Do flowers eat? They do not have mouths? Do they? If they do not have mouths, how do they gain nutrients? Watch a video to learn more by clicking here! |
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What
is your favorite color? What is your favorite flower? Find out about different flowers here! |
| Real World Activity Let's Be Scientists! Lets
pretend that we are scientific explorers for
the first time in America. We are going to the new world to
discover and document flowers. We are arriving in the spring time
so we will have many flowers to learn about. We will be able to
identify different types of flowering plants. We will learn what
the different parts of a flowering plant do. We will also be able
to label the different parts of a flower and be able to tell how they
"eat".
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| Guide To Discovering Spring
Flowers
In Our Country 1) Look at a
diagram and read all about flowering plant parts.
2) Visit "The Garden" to sort out fruit plants and flowering plants. 3) Learn about the different parts of a flower and what they do by watching a short video. 4) Learn about specific spring flowers during your exploration. Choose your favorite and draw it on the mini poster board provided. You should also label the four main parts of a flower on your drawing: petals, roots, leaves, stem |
Topic Literature Activity
The Magic School Bus:
Plants Seeds
By Joanna Cole & Illustrated by Bruce Degen
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Literature Activity |
Brain
Pop Jr. |
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***As
We Go***
1. What
components
does a seed
need to grow into a healthy plant?2. What is the sweet sticky "goop" inside a flower? 3. What are anthers? 4. When pollen from one flower lands on the stigma of another, what happens? |
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***Critical Thinking***
1. If you could be any kind of flower, where
would you grow and what would you look like?2. If you were in Mrs. Frizzle's class, what other part of the garden would you like to visit? |
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