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1st grade · Science · Unit 7 of 7

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.

Alaska content standards learning standard: 1-LS1-1 · how plants use their outside parts to 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 Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 7 of 7 in 1st grade Science, after Signals Far Away.

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: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

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

    What do leaves catch for the plant?

    • Sunlight
    • Bugs
    • Snow
    • Rocks

  2. Question 2

    Which plant part do we eat when we eat a carrot?

    • Seed
    • Flower
    • Root
    • Leaf

  3. Question 3

    What helps a tree stand in strong wind?

    • Strong roots
    • Thin leaves
    • Small seeds
    • Big flowers

  4. Question 4

    Roots drink up…

    • air only
    • water
    • sunlight
    • sand

  5. Question 5

    Which plant part do we eat in lettuce?

    • Seeds
    • Roots
    • Leaves
    • Bark

  6. Question 6

    What do vines use to climb?

    • Thick bark
    • Seeds
    • Curly tendrils
    • Big roots

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