Artful Flowers, Fruits and Seeds Science - Year 3 Plants – Block 3P Artful Flowers, Fruits and Seeds Session 4 Teaching PowerPoint © Original resource copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users. We refer you to our warning, at the foot of the block overview, about links to other websites.

Amazing Fruits

They can be … huge or tiny,

hard or soft

heavy or light,

rough or smooth,

but all of them hold seeds … and all of them are beautiful

Your task is to choose a cut fruit and look at it very closely Your task is to choose a cut fruit and look at it very closely. Use a magnifying lens to help. Remember the fruit has grown from the ovary of a flower and the seeds have developed from the fertilized ovules. Look carefully at the arrangement of the seeds. Look at the colours, shapes and patterns that you see.

Choose a piece of paper in a shade that will show off the colours of your fruit

First draw the outline of your cut fruit First draw the outline of your cut fruit. Make it larger than life so it fills your paper.

Gradually fill in the outline by drawing in the shapes you can see Gradually fill in the outline by drawing in the shapes you can see. Match the colours as closely as you can. Remember you can make your own shades by blending colours together.

Continue to draw and colour what you can see Continue to draw and colour what you can see. It doesn’t matter if it is not exactly right because every fruit is a slightly different shape.

Finally, write a few notes about your fruit and seeds by filling in the boxes on this note sheet.

Year 3. Science. Plants – Block 3P – Artful Flowers, Fruits and Seeds Year 3 Science Plants – Block 3P – Artful Flowers, Fruits and Seeds Session 4 Remember to look carefully and draw what you can see. You will be using your scientific observation skills. Let’s get started! © Original resource copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission for it to be adapted as wished by individual users. We refer you to our warning, at the foot of the block overview, about links to other websites.