Activity 1


Identify, label and describe the parts of a plant


Individual work 1 Find a weed, such as a dandelion, in the school grounds. You can also use the bean plant you grew in Unit 1. 1.1 Carefully pull it out of the soil, roots and all.


1.2 Take a good look at your plant. Write a sentence to describe each of its parts. Here is an example of how you could describe the flowers:


“The flowers are yellow and have a lot of petals.”


2 Look at the picture of the dandelion plant in Figure 2. Write down the missing labels 1 to 4.


Figure 2 Dandelion plant


Activity 2 Activity 2 Identify the plant parts in a salad


Individual work


Each salad ingredient in Figure 3 is a different plant part. Can you identify each plant part?


1


2 3


4


Figure 3 The ingredients of a salad


Copy and complete this table in your workbook. Salad ingredient


Lettuce Carrot Tomato Celery Broccoli


Sunflower seeds Part of plant


Did you know?


Any vegetable with seeds is really a fruit.


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