Parts of a Plant
Identify and describe the basic structure of common flowering plants (roots, stem, leaves, flowers) and trees (roots, trunk, branches, leaves)
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If you pick a flower from the garden, can your child point to the roots, stem, leaves, and petals and say what each part does?
Identify and describe the basic structure of common flowering plants (roots, stem, leaves, flowers) and trees (roots, trunk, branches, leaves)
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- Label roots, stem, leaves, and flowers on a diagram of a flowering plant
- Name the main parts of a tree: roots, trunk, branches, leaves
- Explain that roots take in water and leaves catch sunlight
“If you pick a flower from the garden, can your child point to the roots, stem, leaves, and petals and say what each part does?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 5–6
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