Mrs.

Bagley’s Blooming Scientists

present…

The Secret Life of

Plants

Name:_______________________________
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Table of Contents

Day One……………………………………………………..……………… Pages 3-4

Activity Sheet…………………………………..……………… Page 3
Observation Chart..............................……………… Page 4
Day Two……………………………………………………..……………… Pages 5-7
Activity Sheet.....................................……………….Pages 5-6
Observation Chart..............................……………….Page 7
Day Three…………………………………………………………………...Pages 8-9
Note Sheet…………………………………………………………Page 8
Observation Chart…………………………………………….Page 9
Day Four………………………………………………......………………..Pages 10-11
Note Sheet………………………………………...………………Page 10
Observation Chart…………………………….………………Page 11
Day Five…………………………………………………….……………….. Pages 12-14
Note Sheet…………………………………………………………Page 12
Activity Sheet……………………………….....……………… Page 13
Observation Chart…………………………………………… Page 14
Days Six-Nine………………………………………….……………… Page 15
Observation Chart…………………………………………… Page 15
Days Seven, Eight, Nine, and Ten.…………………….Pages 16-23
Research Project Description……………………….. Page 16
Research Project Map…………….………………………. Page 17
Resources…………………………………………………………...Page 18
Rubric…………………………………………………………………..Page 19
Observation Charts (Day 7, 8, 9, 10)…………….Pages 20-23

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Day One: Complete the following word search below.

Have you seen these words before? If so, write down which words
and where you have learned them before!

________________________ _______________________
___________________ __________________
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Plants Observations: Day One

Date:___________

Height:________cm

Description:_________________________________
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Drawing:

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Day 2: Cut and paste to label the parts of the seed.

Cotyledon/
Seed Coat Embryo
Endosperm

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Directions: Cut and paste to label the flower.

Stigma Pistil

Petal Anther
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Plants Observations: Day Two

Date:___________

Height:________cm

Description:_________________________________
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Drawing:

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Day Three: Plant Environment

Class Notes: What do plants need?
1. Environment is _______that _______________ and ___________

the __________ of a ____________thing.

2. The Environment helps ____________grow _______ and

___________.

3. Here are the SIX things PLANTS NEED:

1.__________________ 4. _________________

2. _________________ 5. _________________

3. _________________ 6. _________________

5. Plants make their ________ through _____________________!

______________ + ____________________ + CARBONDIOXIDE

FOOD and _______________

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Plants Observations: Day Three

Date:___________

Height:________cm

Description:_________________________________
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Drawing:

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Day 4: The Role of Bees and Pollination

Class Notes: How do bees pollinate flowers?

•The ____________on the flower holds the pollen.

•A bee flies to a ____________to collect nectar

(their food).

•Pollen gets on the bees while they are collecting the

nectar.

•The bee flies to another flower and takes the pollen

with them.

•The pollen goes onto the _____________of the

flower.

•This pollinates the flower and creates____________!

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Plants Observations: Day Four

Date:___________

Height:________cm

Description:_________________________________
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Drawing:

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Day Five: The Life Cycle of Plants and Seed Dispersal –

Class Notes

•The Four Stages of the Life Cycle of Plants

1. ______________: the part of a plant that can grow into a

new plant.

2. ______________: a seed with roots growing downward

and a shoot growing upward.

3._______________: a small plant.

4._______________: an adult plant that can reproduce (aka

make seeds!)

•5 Methods of Seed Dispersal:

1. ______________________

2. _____________________

3 ______________________

4. ______________________

5. ______________________

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Activity: Below are four pictures and descriptions

representing each stage to the Life Cycle of a Plant.
CUT out each picture and description and MATCH the correct
pair together. Once you have checked your work, GLUE both
onto the correct part of the circle.
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Here are the pictures:

Here are the descriptions:

The part of the plant

An adult plant that can
that can grow into a new
reproduce.
plant.

A seed with roots

growing downward and a
A small plant.
shoot growing upward.

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Plants Observations: Day Five

Date:___________

Height:________cm

Description:_________________________________
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Drawing:

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Day Six

Plants Observations: Day Six

Date:___________

Height:________cm

Description:_________________________________
__________________________________________
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Drawing:

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Days Seven, Eight, and-Nine: Research Project!

Hello Scientists!
For the next THREE days you will be doing research
about a specific plant that is native to Pennsylvania! You have
learned a LOT about plants over the last week, and now it is
time to show it!
Here are the questions we are asking you find the
answers to in your research!

1. Where is the plant native to?

2. What part of Pennsylvania can you find this plant?
3. Can you find it elsewhere in the United States?
4. When is the plant in season?
5. Does this plant bloom into a flower? A fruit? Neither?
6. How tall does it grow? (In inches or centimeters)
7. What does the plant look like? (Find a picture online or
draw!)
8. What different colors can it bloom into?

Your task will be to complete this research and create a

poster with all of your information! This will be presented on
FRIDAY! This project can be completed in THREE STEPS:
Step 1: (Day 7) read assignment description, pick plant,
and begin research!
Step 2: (Day 8) continue research, and begin poster.
Step 3: (Day 9) finish research, and finish poster!
**Work at your OWN pace! This is just a suggested plan!**

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Hello! Part of your

research asks you
to find out where
else in the United
States your plant
grows!

Your task is to find

out those places,
and color in those
states on this map.
You will be putting
this map on your
final poster!

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Resources: Here are some helpful websites to use in

your research!

1. Pennsylvania Native Plants for the Perennial Garden:

this source gives you information about how tall your
plant will grow, what color the plant grows into, and
what season it blooms in!
https://extension.psu.edu/pennsylvania-native-
plants-for-the-perennial-garden

2. Pennsylvania Plant Life: this source provides nice,

colorful pictures of your assigned plants!
http://www.pbase.com/cwphoto/pa_native_plants&pa
ge=all

3. Science and Plants for Science: this source provides

nice pictures of your assigned plants! Just use the
search bar at the top of the screen to search the name
of your plant!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/71183136@N08/sets/

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Rubric:

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Plants Observations: Day Seven

Date:___________

Height:________cm

Description:_________________________________
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Drawing:

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Plants Observations: Day Eight

Date:___________

Height:________cm

Description:_________________________________
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Drawing:

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Plants Observations: Day Nine

Date:___________

Height:________cm

Description:_________________________________
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Drawing:

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Plants Observations: Day Ten

Date:___________

Height:________cm

Description:_________________________________
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Drawing:

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