Use these notebooking pages to record what you are learning about plants. Cover concepts like parts of a flower, plants we eat and what plants need to live and grow.

The pages can fit inside a spiral notebook or composition book.

There are three different concepts covered in these pages:

1. Parts of a Flower - This page covers flower, stem, leaf and root. Use the flower provided or have students draw their own to go under the flaps.

2. We Eat Plants - This page covers all parts of plants and the foods we can eat from each part. Students draw or find pictures in magazines/grocery fliers to put under each flap.

3. What do plants need? - This page shows plants need air, water, food and light to grow. Use magazines to cut out pictures or draw pictures to represent each under the flaps.

Other Plant Activities:

The Plants We Eat Sort

Seeds Experiments

This packet contains two experiments aligned with a plant theme. It is part of my Let's Be Scientists series!

Experiment 1: What happens when a seed gets wet?

Experiment 2: How do seeds grow?

Each experiment includes a detailed instruction sheet with materials lists and step by step directions for the experiment. There is a recording page for students to make predictions and record the results of the project. Also provided are journal pages for students to write why they think the results happened the way they did. Journal pages are differentiated where appropriate.

This product contains 3 activities. Each activity focuses on plants and seeds, particularly the concept that seeds grow into specific plants, and plants make specific seeds.

What is included:

1 Matching activity where students match the parent plant to the seeds.

1 Cut and paste activity to sort seeds and plants.

1 Cut and paste activity to match the parent plant to their seed.

We can eat all kinds of plants. This parts of a plant sort includes real photographic images to sort. This sort includes flowers, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and fruits. There are six pictures for each plant part.

Pictures Included:

Flowers: broccoli, cauliflower, artichoke, squash blossom, dandelion, honeysuckle

Fruits: raspberry, apple, lime, pepper, banana, blueberry

Leaves: lettuce, kale, mint, purple cabbage, spinach, parsley

Roots: radish, sweet potato, parsnip, carrot, onion, garlic

Seeds: corn, almonds, beans, peas, sesame seeds, coconut

Stems: leek, asparagus, celery, rhubarb, scallions, bamboo shoots

This product includes two different types of sorting activities. One set has full page size sorting mats for students to organize each plant picture. The second set has header cards in two sizes (one large sized for table top activities and a smaller size that can fit inside a task box). The picture cards work with both sets of sorting activities.

Posters, Anchor Charts and Answer Keys

This set also includes a set of posters or anchor charts. These charts can be used to check the answers of the pictures sorted or as an instructional tool to teach about the plants we eat before students begin the sorting activity. These posters also allow teachers to differentiate this activity for students. Those who need more support can use these posters as a guide to filling out their sorting mats.

How to Use:

Students will place the sorting mats on a table or on the floor. They will look at each plant picture and place it on the correct mat.

Where to Use:

• Science Center
• Morning Tub or Basket
• Small Group Activity
• Wall display or anchor charts

The real photographs in this set provide students with easy to recognize images of different edible plants.

More Science Sorting Activities

Natural and Manmade Resources

Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals

Living and Nonliving Animals