Summary Sort real fruits and vegetables/garden produce into the parts of the plant they come from. Science content Biology: Features, Adaptations of Living Things (K, 1, 3, 7) Lessons activity is in Plant parts Garden harvest Resource The Reason for a Flower Materials worksheet and pencil for each student (see image/attachment) fruits and veggies representing each part of the plant we can eat, or plants in a garden to look at (e.g. carrot, parsnip, onion, celery, spinach, lettuce, broccoli, red pepper, tomato, apple) image of flower into fruit (from The Reason for a Flower resource). Procedure We eat all parts of the plant, but have bred plants so that the part we eat is larger and tastier. If necessary, review the names of the parts of the plant (see image and worksheet). On the worksheet, first connect each label with the plant part. For each plant on your table/in the garden, identify it, then add its name to the box labelled with the part of the plant that we eat. Some plants may go in two boxes. Discuss with your group if you are not sure. Optional: the students can open the plants if you need to look more closely. If you get done early, think of more plant parts that you eat to add to each box. roots=carrot, parsnip, onion stem=celery leaves=spinach, lettuce flowers=broccoli fruit=red pepper, tomato, apple Review what a fruit is, and how it is formed from a fertilized flower. Use the image from "The Reason for a Flower" book, or another image that shows the transition from a flower to a developing fruit. Time lapse of a pear flowers becoming fruit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHHkmOh942A Attached documents Parts of a plant worksheet.pdf Grades taught Gr K Gr 3 Gr 4
