Draw parts of a flower

Learning objectives:

Petal | Stem | Leaf | Root | Flower | Pistil | Stamen | Pollination

The transfer of pollen grains from a male anther to a female stigma, either within the same flower or between two different flowers. It’s usually followed by fertilisation and seed production. Some flowers are pollinated by insects or other small creatures, others are wind pollinated. It’s also possible to pollinate flowers by hand, if you want to breed new plants or ensure successful pollination when there are few natural pollinators.

Preparation

Print off our flower structure diagram .

Equipment

• Access to the garden and school grounds to look for different flowering plants
• Magnifying glasses
• Clipboards
• Pencils or coloured pens
• Paper
• Links
• Flower structure diagram sheet

1. Choose open and simple flowers such as Californian poppies, cosmos, even weeds such as buttercups and brambles, as these show the flower parts well. Some vegetable flowers are also good to observe, for example potatoes and tomatoes are easy to see the flower parts. Courgette flowers are huge and show that there are separate male and female flowers. Strawberries and raspberries have very simple easy to draw flowers that show the parts of a flower and early fruit formation
2. Ask your group to find a flower that has an open structure, so it is easy to see inside and find the different parts of the flower
3. Hand out the sheet to remind your group of the names of the different flower parts, using the flower structure diagram as a guide
4. Ask your group to draw the flower and try to find, draw and label each of the flower parts

Some plants have separate male and female flowers so you may not find all the flower parts in one flower e.g. pumpkins and courgettes.