2.53 Flower Power
“Flower Power” (Lesson 53) is a one-on-one Plant Science lesson from the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide. In it, a mentor teaches a younger student (PALS) how to collect and press/dry flowers and then use the dried flowers to create thank-you greeting cards, while reinforcing relationship skills like compassion and unselfishness.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Collect and dry flowers.
- Create an art project from the dried flowers.
- Time required
- Pre-preparation time: 3-5 days; Instruction time for this lesson: 15 minutes; Follow-up time 3-5 days later.
- Materials
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- small flowers – freshly picked and pre-dried
- paper towels
- newspaper
- heavy books
- construction paper
- markers
- glue
- Precepts
- B. Relationships — B1. Practice human relation skills including compassion, empathy, unselfishness, trustworthiness, reliability and listening
- Unit
- Plant Science
- Lesson Type
- One-on-One
- Resources
- None
- Key Terms
- None
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NS.K-4.1Science as Inquiry