Flower power

Background knowledge

Most plants produce seeds that grow into new plants. All seeds contain a baby
plant, stored food, and a protective covering. The seeds of conifer trees grow
into woody cones. The seeds of other plants grow inside flowers. Ferns and
mosses have neither cones nor flowers. Instead, they have special parts that
produce spores. The spore cases appear as small specks on the underside
of the plants leaves. Each spore can grow into a new plant.

Science activity

Some of the plants in the pictures below are flowering plants. Circle the
flowers. Color the plant that procudes spores green, and the plant that
produces cones brown.
Carnation

Vetch

Fern

Moss

Science investigation

Cypress

Collect pictures of both flowering

and non-flowering plants.
Make a scrapbook of the
plants. What are their names
and where do they grow?
Websites 20-1, 20-2, and
20-3 will help you. Complete
the Venn diagram on 20-4.

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Flower power

Background knowledge
knowledge
Background

Most plants
plants produce
produce seeds
seeds that
that grow
grow into
into new
new plants.
plants. All
All seeds
seeds contain
contain aa baby
baby
Most
plant,
stored
food,
and
a
protective
covering.
The
seeds
of
conifer
trees
grow
plant, stored food, and a protective covering. The seeds of conifer trees grow
into woody
woody cones.
cones. The
The seeds
seeds of
of other
other plants
plants grow
grow inside
inside flowers.
flowers. Ferns
Ferns and
and
into
mosses have
have neither
neither cones
cones nor
nor flowers.
flowers. Instead,
Instead, they
they have
have special
special parts
parts that
that
mosses
produce spores.
spores. The
The spore
spore cases
cases appear
appear as
as small
small specks
specks on
on the
the underside
underside of the
produce
of the plants
Eachcan
spore
caninto
grow
into plant.
a new plant.
plants
leaves.leaves.
Each spore
grow
a new

Science activity
activity
Science

Some of
of the
the plants
plants in
in the
the pictures
pictures below
below are
are flowering
flowering plants.
plants. Circle
Circle the
the
Some
flowers. Color
Color the
the plant
plant that
that procudes
procudes spores
spores (Fern)
green, green,
and theand
plant
thethat
plant
flowers.
produces
cones
brown.
that produces cones (Cypress) brown.
Carnation
Carnation

Vetch
Vetch

Fern
Fern

Moss
Moss

Science investigation
investigation
Science

Cypress

Collect
pictures
of bothare
flowering
The
main
plant groups
flowering plants,
and non-flowering
plants.
cone-bearing
conifers,
and spore
Make
a
scrapbook
of
the
producing horsetails, ferns,
plants. What
aremosses.
their names
mosses,
and club
and where
do spores
they grow?
Fungi
produce
but they
Websites
20-1,Collected
20-2, and
are
not plants.
plants
20-3 will
help you.
Complete
should
be dried
between
a books
pages
before
being mounted.
the Venn
diagram
on 20-4.

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The main plant groups are flowering plants,

cone-bearing conifers,
and spore
horsetails,
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ferns, mosses, and club mosses. Fungi produce spores