2. By Ellen Stafford 8814 – Section1

3. 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!

4. 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)S1L1 a. and c

5. 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?

6. Examples of Plants Corn Trees Flowers Cactus Pumpkins

7. Parts of a Plant Flower Leaves Stem Roots

8. 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

9. What do plants need? Plant LightWaterAirSoil

10. Growth of a Plant Second First Third

11. 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/lo ad.htm?f

12. What do we want to grow? Let’s vote! Click here to see pictures of our choices

13. What do we want to grow?

14. Our charts tell us that the winner is …. Flowers! Time to start planting!