Trees and Plants Around Us
Noticing plant parts, needs, and places where plants grow
Trees and Plants Around Us
Noticing plant parts, needs, and places where plants grow
Science - Grade K-1
- 1
Look at a tree. Name one part of the tree you can see.
Think about the tall middle part or the green parts.
One part of a tree you can see is the trunk, leaves, branches, roots, flowers, or fruit. - 2
Circle the things a plant needs to grow: water, sunlight, rocks, air.
A plant needs water, sunlight, and air to grow. A plant does not need rocks to stay alive. - 3
Draw a plant with roots, a stem, and leaves.
Roots usually grow down, and leaves grow up where they can get light.
The drawing should show a plant with roots under the soil, a stem above the soil, and leaves on the stem. - 4
A seed is planted in soil and gets water and sunlight. What can happen to the seed?
The seed can sprout and grow into a new plant. - 5
Which part of a tree helps hold it up and carries water to the branches?
It is the big, strong middle part of a tree.
The trunk helps hold up the tree and carries water to the branches. - 6
Name one place where plants can grow around your home or school.
Plants can grow in places such as a yard, garden, park, sidewalk crack, pot, or school playground. - 7
Look at a leaf. Tell one thing you notice about it.
You can notice its color, shape, size, or lines.
A leaf may be green, flat, smooth, bumpy, round, pointy, or have lines called veins. - 8
True or false: All plants look exactly the same.
False. Plants can look different because they can have different sizes, shapes, leaves, flowers, and colors. - 9
A plant has dry soil and droopy leaves. What should you do to help it?
Dry soil is a clue.
You should give the plant water because plants need water to stay healthy. - 10
Match each plant part to what it does: roots, leaves, flowers. Roots take in water. Leaves use sunlight. Flowers can help make seeds.
Roots take in water, leaves use sunlight, and flowers can help make seeds. - 11
Which is usually bigger: a tree or a small flower plant?
Think about which one may be tall enough to stand under.
A tree is usually bigger than a small flower plant. - 12
Why should we be gentle with plants?
We should be gentle with plants because plants are living things, and pulling or breaking them can hurt them. - 13
Draw or write about one plant you have seen outside.
Think about a plant in a park, garden, yard, or near a sidewalk.
The answer should show or name a real plant, such as grass, a tree, a flower, a bush, or a vegetable plant. - 14
Look at the picture of two plants. One plant is in sunlight, and one plant is in a dark box. Which plant is more likely to grow well?
The plant in sunlight is more likely to grow well because plants need light to grow. - 15
Put these steps in order: small plant, seed, sprout.
A plant starts very small before it grows leaves.
The correct order is seed, sprout, small plant.