1.06 The Amazing Flower
“The Amazing Flower” is a large-group lesson from the Grow Your PALS Program Guide (Plants and Gardening unit) in which students build a paper flower to learn the basic parts of a flower and their functions. Through guided coloring, cutting, gluing, and riddles, students identify the petals, stem, pistil, sepals, and stamen, learn what each part does, and define pollination.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify the basic parts of a flower.
- Explain the function of each part of the flower.
- Define the term pollinate.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Materials
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- Picture of lily, tulips or daffodils, or actual sample of one or more of these flowers
- PALS1.6.LG.AS.A – for the instructor
- One copy of PALS1.6.LG.AS.B – one per student, plus extras if needed
- One pair of safety scissors for each student
- One glue stick for each student
- One piece of construction paper per student. Use colors other than green.
- Markers for each student
- Three pipe cleaners for each student – white or yellow
- PALS1.6.LG.TM.1
- Flower garden or greenhouse where flowers are grown
- Unit
- Plants and Gardening
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Precepts
- A. Action — A1. Work independently and in groups to get things done.
- Resources
- National FFA Organization. (2003). LifeKnowledge Precepts and Signs of Success.
- Key Terms
- Nectar, Pollen, Petals, Stamen, Pistil, Sepals
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.01.01.01.a.Work productively with a group or independently.
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.K-4.3Life Science
- PS.01.02.05.aIdentify the components of a flower, the functions of a flower and the function of flower components.