Let’s learn all about the different parts of a flower with this fun flower dissection activity for kids!
Whether you are doing a gardening unit at school or teaching your kids all about flowers, they will love this flower dissection activity.
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Flower dissection activity for kids
This week’s learning theme is all about plants. We got lots of rain last week and tons of flowers as a result. We decided to pick a few flowers so the kids could learn all about the different parts of a flower.
You can see all the different parts of a flower in the image below. Use this as a guide as you pull apart a flower with your kids.
We didn’t use all the scientific terms, but my three-year-old had fun identifying the petals, the pollen, the stem, and the leaves. She loved looking into the stem and seeing the hole, like a straw, that sucks the water and nutrients into the flower. We even tried using part of the stem as a straw.
For older kids though you can teach them more about what the purpose of each part is and use the scientific terms.
Give the kids a magnifying glass so they can get a really close look at all the tiny parts, especially the seeds and pollen.
Don’t forget to let them shake a little pollen off the stamen.
Prep Time
5 minutes
Active Time
30 minutes
Total Time
35 minutes
Difficulty
easy
Estimated Cost
$0
Instructions
- As you remove each part from the flower place it on the paper and write what the part is.
- Discuss with the kids what each of these parts are used for.
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Have you done this flower dissection activity with your kids? Did you find any tiny bugs in your flower like we did?
