Roots

• Even though we can't see them under the soil, all plants have roots that carry water into the plant.

• The roots act like straws and drink in water from the soil to keep the plant hydrated.

• The roots also keep the plant firmly in the ground so that it does not blow away on a windy day!

Stem

• Once the water travels up the roots it enters the stem.

• The stem supports the plant by keep it standing up tall.

• The stem also carries water and nutrients from the soil to all the parts of the plant.

Leaves

• The leaves are the food making factory of a plant.

• Leaves use sunlight, water, and air to create food that the plant needs to stay alive.

Flower

• The flower is the part of the plant that makes seeds for new plants to grow.

• With the help of animals, wind, and people, pollen from flowers is spread to other flowers.

• As a result new seeds are formed so that plants will continue to spread and grow.

Stems

The yellow circled part, is called a stem. This holds up the flower! It also acts like a straw and sucks the water up from the roots to give to the flower

Roots

These are roots - they hold the plant in place and they also collect water from the soil to help send it up to the plant

Leaves

The yellow circled parts are the leaves! This help to make food for the plant by using sunlight! They also help make fresh oxygen for us to breathe.

Flowers and Fruit

The flowers attract insects to help make new plants with pollen. Flowers grow into fruit!

Plants PRODUCE food like apples, oranges, bananas, berries, nuts, etc.)

The Plant Life Cycle

• A plant goes through several different stages before it is fully grown.

• These stages are known as a life cycle which means they continue to happen in the same order over and over again.

Mature Plant

• When a plant is done growing and has reached its full height, we call it a mature plant. Flowers will begin to open and new seeds can be born inside of the flowers allowing the cycle to begin again.

Tulips

What do you notice about the tulip seeds, baby, and parent plant? What do they have in common? What is different? Consider: Leaf/color/appearance/vines/clusters

Cherry Tomatoes

What do you notice about the cherry tomato seeds, baby, and parent plant? What do they have in common? What is different? Consider: Leaf/color/appearance/vines/clusters

Seed Coat

• The first part of the seed is called the seed coat. The seed coat protects the seed just like a winter coat protects you from cold weather.

• The seed coat is all around the outside of the seed.

Embryo

• The second part of the seed is called the embryo.

• The embryo is a starter for the plant. If the conditions are right for the seed to grow, the embryo activates and begins germination. That means it will begin to grow into a plant!

Food Storage

• A seed carries the food it needs for a new plant to grow. This is a supply of nutrients for the embryo and is made up of mostly starches.

Inside a Seed

This is what the inside of a bean seed looks like when it is opened up. You can see the embryo at the top. This is the part that will begin to grow into a plant if the conditions are right.

CAN YOU NAME THE PARTS OF THE PLANT?

LEAVES

Leaves take in light energy from the sun. The leaves use water, light energy, and a gas called carbon dioxide to make glucose. Glucose is a kind of sugar. It is food for the plant. Yes, plants make their own food! They use it to grow.

Flowering Plants

What are flowering plants?

Flowering plants have flowers.

Flowering Plants

Grass is a flowering plant.

Flowering Plants

Flowering plants have flower.

Flowering Plants

All flowering plant make fruit.

Flower

Stem

Roots

Seeds

Stem

Fruit

Roots

Seeds

Leaves

Some plants grow in water

They are water plants

Some plants grow in water

They are water plants

• Do you feed your plants hamburgers?

• What about dog food?

• Cat food?

• Do they make plant/tree food?

• Does anyone know how plants eat?​

Would a plant survive if you gave it a sandwich?

How do plants eat?

•Plants use their leaves to absorb sunlight.

•absorb: to take in or soak up

•They take the sunlight, mixed with oxygen (air) and water in order to make their food.

•Plants don’t have mouths to eat with like we do, they create their own food on the inside when they have the right mixture.

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Sunlight

• Can a plant sip from a straw?

• Do they like juice?

• Maybe Gatorade?

• Water?

• Does anyone know how plants drink?

Would a plant survive if you gave it milk?

How do plants drink?

• Plants use their roots to absorb water from the soil in a process called osmosis.

• osmosis: the movement of liquid into a living thing.

• Plants take the sunlight, mixed with oxygen (air) and water in order to make their food.

• Plants don’t have mouths to drink like we do, they use their roots like a straw and pull the water up into the plant.

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Water

Parents and Offspring

Many animal parents and their young look similar. Babies are born with the same parts as their parents. Some babies and parents are even the same color. 

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​Short and Small Plants

Big and Tall Plants

These are the roots.

Roots are the part of the plant that soak up water and minerals. This is like a sponge.

This is the stem.

The stem supports the growing plant, like scaffolding.

These are the flowers.

They are for holding seeds and protecting them.

These are the leaves.

They make food by using sunlight to make energy. Like a solar panel.

STEM Plants

By Oscky English

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Look at the different body parts of the cow. Are you familiar with each body part? 

Here are other examples of animals and their different body parts.

Here are other examples of animals and their different body parts.

Here are other examples of animals and their different body parts.

Here are other examples of animals and their different body parts.

fur

The polar bear has thick fur.

scales

The fish has beautiful scales.

skin

The skin on the frog is moist.

claws

The polar bear has huge claws.

talons

The eagle has powerful talons.

teeth

Polar bears have sharp teeth.

teeth

Polar bears have sharp teeth.

beak

The eagle's beak can rip and tear meat.