Flowers

Created by: 
Pat Ritter
Diocese of Orange

URL:  http://www.can-do.com/uci/lessons99/flower.html
URL:  http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/CTS99/flower.html
 

 
 

Area of study: Life Science - Structure of a flower.
 

Objectives:  1)  Students will research the structure of a flower using the Internet. 
                   2)  Students will label flower parts and functions on their 
                              worksheets.
                   3)  After completion of worksheets, students will dissect a flower and 
                        produce a diagram.
 

Resources:  Computer connected to the Internet, a flower, dissection kit, a paper 
                       plate, and a team of three students.
 

Your Task:  Label structural parts of a flower and answer the following questions
                           using these Internet sites. 

http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/les8/flower.html
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3715/glossary_text.html
http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3715/flower.html
 

Questions:

Why do plants produce flowers? _________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________
 

What are the reproductive parts of the flower?

1._______________________   2._______________________ 

List and define the three parts of the Pistil.

1.________________________________________________________________________

2.________________________________________________________________________

3.________________________________________________________________________
 

List and define the two parts of the stamen. 

Label all flower structures     1.______________________________   2.______________________________   3.______________________________    4.______________________________    5.______________________________     6._______________________________

 

 *  When your team has completed the worksheet, send a team member to the 
    supply table to pick up a dissection kit, paper plate, black construction paper, 
    glue, a flower, and instruction sheet.

 *   Dissect your flower, then glue the parts to the paper plate.
     Label each part of the flower.

                 * * BONUS POINTS * * 

Create a Crossword Puzzle

Use the Puzzlemaker web site to create a crossword puzzle for the class. 
Be sure to use all of the vocabulary you have learned in this lesson. 
Print the puzzle and answer key and have other students complete the puzzle 
you have created.