Objective: The
student will be able to identify, dissect, display and label parts of
a flower. Resources: Teacher: flowers (lilies are especially easy
to distinguish stamen and pistils), tweezers, white paper, clear tape.
Students: pencil. Teacher Preparation: This lesson assumes a prerequisite lesson
on parts of the flower. Flower blooms will be needed (see tip above).
Procedure:
Each student or
pair of students should be given a flower bloom, tweezers, white sheet
of paper and clear tape.
Have the students
locate the stamen, pistil and petals of the flower.
With tweezers or
fingers, students should remove the three flower parts.
The students should
tape these to a white sheet of paper and label each part.
If enough flowers
are available, the students may also tape on the paper a complete flower
for comparison.
Variations/Options:
Accompanying paragraphs to describe the parts labeled; use multiple
flowers per group to show differences between different blossoms.
