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1st grade · Science · Unit 6 of 12

Plant Parts at Work

Roots, stems, leaves, flowers and seeds.

What your child practices

Practices what each outside part of a plant does to help it survive and grow, from roots that drink water to thorns that keep animals away.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 1.5 · how roots, stems and leaves help plants survive and grow

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Roots take in water. Stems hold the plant up.
  2. Leaves make food. We eat the leaves of lettuce.
  3. Flowers make seeds. Seeds grow into new plants.

Example: What do flowers help a plant make? Flowers turn into fruit with seeds inside. Answer: seeds

Plant Parts at Work in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 6 of 12 in 1st grade Science, after Animal Features and before Ideas from Nature.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Why do some plants have thorns?

    • To catch rain
    • To float
    • To keep animals away
    • To make seeds

  2. Question 2

    Which plant part do we eat in lettuce?

    • Seeds
    • Leaves
    • Roots
    • Bark

  3. Question 3

    Bark on a tree helps…

    • protect it
    • make flowers
    • drink water
    • catch light

  4. Question 4

    What do flowers help a plant make?

    • Roots
    • Seeds
    • Rocks
    • Soil

  5. Question 5

    Bees visit which plant part?

    • Stems
    • Flowers
    • Bark
    • Roots

  6. Question 6

    Why do maple seeds have wings?

    • To dig
    • To sting
    • To fly away and spread
    • To swim

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