Ten foods, five plant parts. This 3-page 1st grade science sheet asks students to sort carrot, radish, celery, asparagus, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, corn and peas under the headings root, stem, leaf, flower and seed. Page 2 follows with two questions about a carrot and lettuce, and a box to draw a food that is a seed. The key shows the two foods in each column. Fruits such as tomatoes are left out, so each food has one clear answer.
“Name the part of a plant that each common vegetable comes from.”
Page 1 sorts ten foods into root, stem, leaf, flower and seed.
“Tell the five plant parts apart: root, stem, leaf, flower and seed.”
Page 2 asks for the part a carrot is and the part lettuce is, then a drawing of a seed food.
Ten food pictures with names sit above a chart headed ROOT, STEM, LEAF, FLOWER and SEED. Students write each food in its column, two foods per column.
Which part of the plant is a carrot, and which part is lettuce, answered from a five-word bank. Then students draw a food that is a seed and write its name.
The completed chart, the two one-word answers (root and leaf) and sample seed foods such as corn, peas, beans or sunflower seeds.
Before a snack
Run it before a class snack of carrot sticks or celery. Students then name the plant part as they eat it.
Sort real food
Bring in a carrot, a stalk of celery and a head of broccoli. Students handle each one while they decide where to write it.
Broccoli and cauliflower
Few students expect broccoli and cauliflower to be flowers. Show a close photo of a head of broccoli before they sort.
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