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Week 07 · Flowers and Bees

Monday

Flowers make seeds
// Pollen on the move
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Flowers make seeds

Rocket holds up a paper flower. "Flowers are just for looking!"

Raven asks, "What do you notice in the middle?"

Nova hums. "Look for something tiny and dusty."

Why plants have flowers

Flowers are pretty, but they also have a big job.

Plants use flowers to make their seeds.

A seed can grow into a new plant.

So flowers help make the next plants.

Tiny dust called pollen

Many flowers make tiny grains called pollen.

Pollen grains are so tiny they look like dust.

Pollen must move from one flower to another.

Then the flower can make seeds.

Moving pollen like this is called pollination.

FLOWER JOBS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What do plants use flowers to make?
What is the tiny dust in a flower called?
What can a seed grow into?
SentenceTrue or false?
Flowers have a big job.?
Pollen must move to another flower.?
Flowers are only for looking at.?
Moving pollen is called pollination.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEPlants use flowers to make their seeds.

Bean check

  1. Look at your bean plant from last week.
  2. Feel the soil or towel with one finger.
  3. If it feels dry, add a little water.
  4. Hold a paper strip next to the stem.
  5. A grown-up marks how tall the plant is.
Safety first
Wash your hands after you touch soil.
Never eat any part of your plant.
Nothing from the plant goes in your mouth.
LOOK CLOSELY
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What did Rocket think flowers were for?
Where did Nova tell them to look?
Pollen grains are so tiny they look like what?
FROM FLOWER TO NEW PLANT
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
Draw a flower. Put tiny dots of pollen in it.

Word Spot: may, of

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

May: M-A-Y.

Of: O-F.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
It ___ rain today.
I have a cup ___ water.

Great looking, flower scientist!

Tomorrow you will meet the champion pollen movers: bees!