Plant Parts and Functions
TEKS Objective
The student is expected to identify parts of plants such as roots, stem, and leaves and parts of animals such as head, eyes, and limbs.
Essential Understanding
The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments.
Science Background
Plant Parts and Functions: The University of Arizona (website) – Good overview of the reproductive parts of a flowering plant (flower buds, flowers, fruit, seeds) and the vegetative parts (leaves, roots, leaf buds, and stems).
Plant Parts: Missouri Botanical Garden (website) - Provides information on basic plant parts and botanical terminology, such as the difference between a fruit and vegetable.
Signature Lesson
Kindergarten March Plants: Dolvin Elementary PTA (PDF) - Activity using stations where students identify the parts of a plant and their functions, and make their own plant models from simple materials.
Kindergarten March Plants
Dolvin Elementary PTA, www.dolvinpta.org
- Supporting Lessons
- Extensions
- Assessment Ideas
- Literature Connections
- Related
TEKS - Additional Resources
Supporting Lessons
What Parts Are There to a Plant? Science NetLinks (website) - Students identify and compare similarities and differences between parts of plants.
What Parts Are There to a Plant?
Science NetLinks, sciencenetlinks.com
Parts of a Plant: Utah Education Network (website) - Students explore the parts of a plant (flower, seeds, stem, leaves, and roots) using a dandelion as an example. A different flowering plant may be substituted.
Parts of a Plant
Utah Education Network, www.uen.org
New Plants - New Plants Module: FOSSWEB (PDF) - Investigate characteristics and identify structures of plants as students grow plants from seeds, bulbs, stems and roots. Use page numbers 2 - 24 reproducible sheets.
New Plants - New Plants Module
FOSSWEB, www.fossweb.com
Look at Those Leaves: Science NetLinks (website) - Students observe, sort and measure different kinds of leaves.
Look at Those Leaves
Science NetLinks, www.sciencenetlinks.com
Elaboration Lessons and Extensions
The Life Cycle of Plants: Birmingham Grid for Learning (website) - This is an interactive set of activities to familiarize students with the life cycle of plants from seed to dispersal. It includes a “flower parts” interactive game.
The Life Cycle of Plants
Birmingham Grid for Learning, www2.bgfl.org
Exploring the Native Plant World: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (PDF) - Set of hands-on lessons that teach young students about native plants, plant parts, and growth of flowering plants.
Exploring the Native Plant World
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, www.wildflower.org
Assessment Ideas
Let’s Learn About Plants and Animals: Filoli Education Department, San Francisco Botanical Garden (PDF) - Assess your students’ abilities to identify and compare the parts of a plant using the simple worksheets in Activity One.
Literature Connections
From Seed to Plant. Gibbons, Gail. (ISBN-13: 978-0823410255)
From Seed to Plant. Fowler, Allan. (ISBN-13: 978-0516273075)
A Tree is a Plant. Bulla, Clyde Robert. (ISBN-13: 978-0064451963)
The Reason for a Flower. Heller, Ruth (ISBN-13: 978-0698115590)
Growing Vegetable Soup, Ehlert, Lois (ISBN-13: 978-0152325817)
Additional Resources
Watch It Grow: Plants and Animals - FOSSWEB (website) – Students earn about plant parts and their functions as they play this interactive game.
Watch It Grow: Plants and Animals
FOSSWEB, www.fossweb.com
How Plants Grow: Missouri Botanical Gardens (PDF) - Students examine, dissect and identify parts of seeds and then relate their observations to plant growth.
How Plants Grow
Missouri Botanical Gardens, www.mbgnet.net
Biome in a Baggie: Zoom Science on PBS Kids! (website) - Create a small ecosystem in a baggie.
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