Materials: Fresh flowers, magnifying lenses, tweezers
Purpose: To teach children about flowers and their various parts; and to let children explore flowers.
Procedure: Give child a flower to examine closely. An older child might learn scientific names for a few of the parts. A good chart can be found at: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/printouts/floweranatomy.shtml
Younger children can compare, count, measure, feel, get a closer look.
Cautions: Allergies, some pollen may stain like on the anthers of a lily
*Extension: Grow your own garden. Sunflowers are a great example of plant life cycle because once grown, the seeds can be harvested to grow more.
*Extension: Press flowers or petals between wax paper sheets inside of a thick book to use for art projects.
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