LGEG Lesson 2

LGEG
lesson 2

a. Plant Parts We Eat
b. Nutrients to Grow

Identify all the edible plant parts from a variety of crops.

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Objective

Tops & Bottoms

by Janet Stevens

Literature connection

Word Cloud

Which vegetable in the illustrations do you recognize?

​Grow into new plants

Roots

Support the plant and carry water and food throughout it

Stems

Use sunlight to make food for the plant

​​Leaves

Seeds

Fruit

​Anchor the plant and absorb water and nutrients from the soil to the plant.

​Store seeds that help them carried away from the plant to grow in other places.

Flowers

​Make seeds and sometimes fruit

Labeling

Label the parts of the plant

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Stem

Roots

Flower

Leaves

Fruit

1.Cut the tags
2. Guess where the tag belongs according to what part of the plant it represents.
3. Discuss your answers​

Activity Time!

Answers:

​Food	​Plant part
​Asparagus	​Stem
​Cinnamon	​Stem
​Onion	​Leaf
Rice	​Seed
​Pumpkin	Fruit​
​Sweet Potato	Root​
​Broccoli	Flower​

Nutrients to Grow

Understand that different plant-based foods contain particular nutrients that meet the specific needs of our bodies.

Garden Journal 2