1. The Parts of a Flower
Mrs Lezama
6th Grade

2. Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to identify and explain the function of each part of a flower.

3. Warm up Draw a flower on your warm up sheets.
Label any parts that you know.
Write down the function of any parts that you know.

4. Pollination

5. What do the parts do? Add these notes to your model.
Sepals- protect the flower when it is a bud
Stamen- anther produces male sex cells (pollen)
Pistil-
stigma traps pollen
Style is where pollen tube grows down to female sex cells.
Petals- colourful to attract the insects
Botanical gardens booklet 1- flowers and pollination (blue)
Pistil- ovary produces female sex cells (ovules)
Nectaries- give out sugary liquid to attract insects
Add these notes to your model. 5

6. Label your diagram on your worksheet
Pistil
female parts
Stigma
Petals
Stamen male parts
Style
Anther
Ovary
Filament
SQA-List the functions of the parts of flowers i.e. sepal, petal, stamen, anther, stigma, ovary, nectary
Ovules
Nectaries
Sepals
Label your diagram on your worksheet 6

7. Dissecting a flower In pairs, you will be dissecting a flower.
Follow the instructions for the lab step-by-step. Record your observations as you go along.
Keep ALL parts of the flower intact!
Be careful of sharp objects.

8. Participation grade Did you dissect your flower as instructed?
Did you follow all instructions?
Did you complete drawings and written descriptions of all observations?
Were you an active participant in your pair?

9. Warm up Flower parts Stamen stigma anther style
Draw and label a flower using as many of the following words as you can you can use your lab notes to help you:
Stamen stigma anther style
Filament ovary ovule pollen pistil Petal sepal

10. Flower Dissection Museum Display
The new wing of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh have a new room on the diversity of life. They would like you to design them a museum display that shows the parts and functions of a flower.

11. Class work Grade Your museum display must:
Include all the parts of the flower on your lab sheets.
Include the function of each part of the flower.
Be easy to read and clear.
Have all correct information.

14. Wrap Up
Share answers to questions