Unit 5 plants

UNIT 5: PLANTS

NATURAL SCIENCE FIRST LEVEL PRIMARY

Mª Isabel López

CEIP SANTA ANA MADRIDEJOS (TOLEDO)

PLANTS WHAT DO PLANTS NEED TO LIVE?

PARTS OF A PLANT

TYPES OF PLANTS

PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT

PLANTS GROW AND CHANGE

SOIL

LEAF

TREE

PRODUCE OXYGEN

FOUR SEASONS

WATER

FLOWER

BUSH GRASS

AIR

FRUIT EVERGREEN TREES

SUNLIGHT

STEM

A PLACE TO GROW

ROOTS

DECIDUOUS TREES WILD PLANTS CULTIVATED PLANTS

FOR FOOD FOR FURNITURE AND PAPER FOR CLOTHES

FOR MEDICINE

FOR DECORATION

WHAT PLANTS CAN YOU SEE?

WHAT DO PLANTS NEED TO LIVE?

SOIL

AIR

WATER

SUNLIGHT

Plants need soil, water, air and sunlight to live.

PLANTS NEED A PLACE TO GROW Plants grow in many different places. Hot places (desert or beach), cool and wet places (forest and pond).

DESERT

BEACH

PARK

FOREST

POND

PARTS OF A PLANT LEAF FLOWER

FRUIT STEM ROOTS

All plants have got roots, a stem and leaves.

The roots are under the ground. They absorb water and nutrients from the soil. They fix the plant to the ground.

The stem grows above the ground. It transports the nutrients around the plant. It supports the plant. Some plants have got a flexible stem. Another plants, like trees, have got a hard stem which is called trunk.

Leaves are usually green. They absorb sunlight and air.

Some plants have got flowers and fruits. There are seeds inside the fruits.

TYPES OF PLANTS TREE

BUSH

GRASS

Trees have got a long, hard, thick stem called trunk. They have got hard branches. Leaves grow on the branches.

Bushes have got short, hard trunks. The branches are hard and near the ground..

Grasses are smaller.

Their stems are soft, thin and green.

Fir tree

Pine tree

Holm oak

Olive tree

Evergreen trees are green all year round.

Poplar tree

Willow

Beech tree

Mulberry tree

Deciduous trees lose their leaves in autumn.

WILD PLANTS

CULTIVATED PLANTS

Wild plants grow without the help of humans.

Cultivated plants grow with the help of humans.

WHICH PART OF THE PLANT CAN WE EAT? THE ROOTS

THE LEAVES

THE STEM Carrots are the roots of the plant.

Lettuce is the leaf of the plant.

THE FLOWER

THE FRUIT Asparagus are the stem of the plant.

Cauliflower is the flower of the plant.

Apples are the fruits of the plant.

PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT PLANTS PRODUCE OXYGEN. ALL LIVING THINGS NEED OXYGEN TO BREATHE.

PLANTS PROVIDE FOOD FOR HERBIVORES, LIKE COWS.

PLANTS PROVIDE FOOD FOR US, TOO.

OTHER USES OF PLANTS FOR FURNITURE AND PAPER

FOR CLOTHES

Wood comes from trees. We use wood to make furniture and paper.

Cotton comes from cotton plants. We use cotton to make clothes.

FOR MEDICINES

FOR DECORATION

A lot of medicines come from plants.

PLANTS GROW AND CHANGE

FOUR SEASONS

In spring, trees have got flowers..

In summer, trees have got fruits.

In autumn, trees have got orange leaves.

In winter, trees have got no leaves.

PLANTS