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Plant Parts Lesson Plan

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Plant Parts

This is a hands-on lesson plan plant parts. Go on a seed hunt, act out germination, create seed mosiacs, make and eat a plant parts salad, and more!

My lessons are geared toward 2nd-3rd grade level children and their siblings. These are lessons I created to do with a weekly homeschool co-op. We meet each week for 2 ½ hours and have 14 children between the ages of 0-12. Even if you're not meeting with a co-op, you can still use these fun lessons with your family or classroom!

If you'd like more information on how you can start your own homeschool co-op or if you're curious how I operate my co-op, check out my lens: How to Start a Homeschool Co-op.

Introduction

type=text*Please bring one sleeping bag per child.*

1. Stretch & Pray.

2. Place white carnation or camellia in water colored with food dye. (You could also use celery.)
YOU WILL NEED: (per child or per family) a white flower, camellia, or celery, a disposable cup, and food dye

3. Read Bible story regarding seeds: Matthew 7:15-23, 21:18-22, 12:33-37 (Show pictures from Bible stories as you read.)

4. Quickly review plant parts.

Seed Parts

type=text5. Read "Oh Can You Say Seed?" by Bonnie Worth

6. Identify seeds (bean & corn) and look at them under a magnifying glass. Cut them open and observe the parts. (Read "Exploring Creation with Botany" by Fullbright ahead of time and reiterate that info to them as you dissect the seeds.)
YOU WILL NEED: (per child) a bean (we used lima beans), corn kernel (from frozen vegetables), plastic knife, and magnifying lens
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Collecting Seeds

type=text7. If weather permits, go outside to collect seeds. Study seeds: shape, size, feel, etc.

Germination

type=text8. Read "One Bean" by Anne Rockwell

9. (If you have extra time) Color or draw a germination flip book.
YOU WILL NEED: (per child) a copy of the flip book (pre-cut) or blank paper sheets pre-cut and crayons

10. Act out Germination: Everyone lies in sleeping bag as dormant seeds holding a piece of green construction paper in each hand. Speak through these steps as legs and arms and head come out (still with sleeping bag on head) and continue to stand up and drop sleeping bag and hold out 2 leaves.
YOU WILL NEED: (per child) 2 construction paper or real leaves and sleeping bags
One Bean

One Bean

by: Anne Rockwell

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This is the best book I have seen on germination! It has wonderful illustrations that keep the attention of toddlers and older children, and it provides plenty of factual information in a storybook format.

Seeds for a Garden

type=text11. Read "How Groundhog's Garden Grew" by Lynne Cherry.

12. Look at backs of seed packets and what the information means.
YOU WILL NEED: seed packets

13. Talk about faith of a mustard seed (Mt. 13). Pass out mustard seeds & compare with other seeds. Plant them in soil. Talk about planting seeds & sharing God's word (Is. 55:11). Guess (Hypothesize) which seed will sprout the fastest.
YOU WILL NEED: (per child) mustard seed & other seeds

Best Picture Books on Plant Parts

These were our favorite picture books on plant parts. Wich is your favorite? Did I miss any great ones? Let me know!

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The Tiny Seed (World of Eric Carle) by Eric Carle

The Tiny Seed (World of Eric Carle) by Eric Carle

Join the tiny seed on an adventure as it becomes a more...1 point

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Little Farm by the Sea by Kay Chorao

Little Farm by the Sea by Kay Chorao

The little farm by the sea is a bustling place, filled more...1 point

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Mortimer's First Garden by Karma Wilson

Mortimer's First Garden by Karma Wilson

Winter is just over, the sky is gray, and the ground more...0 points

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From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

Explores the intricate relationship between seeds more...0 points

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Seeds by Ken Robbins

Seeds by Ken Robbins

SEEDS! SEEDS! SEEDS! From summer's flourishing flowers more...0 points

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Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown

Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown

If you plant ten seeds, what do you get? Follow na more...0 points

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A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston

A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston

Award-winning artist Sylvia Long and author Dianna more...0 points

Seed Mosaics

type=text14. (If you have extra time) Look at pictures of mosaics. Make mosaic picture using dried black beans, white navy beans, and pinto beans. You can do this in a shorter amount of time if you give each child ¼ sheet of paper.
YOU WILL NEED: dried black beans, white navy beans, and pinto beans, glue, and cardstock or other heavy paper

Roots

type=text15. If weather permits, go outside and pull up weeds and study using magnifying glasses. Talk about being rooted in the word.
YOU WILL NEED: magnifying lenses

Plant Parts Salad & Review

type=text16. Make a salad out of various plant parts: First make poppy seed dressing using ½ cup sugar, ½ cup lemon juice, 2 teaspoons diced onions (or dried), 1 teaspoon mustard, ½ teaspoon salt, 2/3 cup oil, and 1 tablespoon poppy seeds. Salad will have dressing with poppy seeds (seeds), lettuce (leaves), celery or asparagus (stalk), tomato (fruit), & carrots (roots). Ask children to match plant parts to vegetables & then carefully chop vegetables. Eat salad.
YOU WILL NEED: measuring spoons, liquid measuring cup, jar with lid, large bowl, plastic forks, disposable plates, cups for water, napkins, knives and cutting boards, ½ cup sugar, ½ cup lemon juice, 2 teaspoons diced onions (or dried), 1 teaspoon mustard, ½ teaspoon salt, 2/3 cup oil, and 1 tablespoon poppy seeds

17. Look at flower or celery (from activity 2) and discuss what occurred. Let each child or family take 1 flower home.

18. (If you have extra time), find plants outside, identify parts, mount on cardstock, and cover with contact paper.

19. Review what we learned.

Homework: Growing a Bead Plant

type=textSend children home with a bag of dried beans. Tell them to put them in wet paper towels in a bag or clear plastic cup. Keep the paper towels wet and tell us next week at co-op what you saw happen.

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  • JaguarJulie Mar 11, 2012 @ 9:45 am | delete
    Very creative ... love this part of the lesson plan: * Please bring one sleeping bag per child.*
  • Maritimer Feb 13, 2012 @ 10:23 am | delete
    I read the Little Farm by the Sea by Kay Chorao to my grandson. He loved it!
  • scarlettohairy Jul 22, 2011 @ 1:00 am | delete
    I love your seed mosaic picture. So cool! I remember we made a mosaic in 4H shaped like our state. Linking this to my Plant Worksheets lens! Thanks for the good information.
  • lasertek May 16, 2011 @ 10:28 am | delete
    wow! great looking lens! kudos!
  • Heather_Todd May 13, 2011 @ 7:25 am | delete
    Thanks for the Great article!
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