Plants need sun, water, air and soil to survive. They have different parts like leaves, stems, roots and flowers. Leaves absorb sunlight and oxygen, roots absorb water and minerals, and stems support the plant. There are different types of plants like trees, bushes and grass. Some plants lose their leaves in autumn while evergreen trees keep their leaves all year. Plants reproduce through seeds contained in fruit or through pollen carried by wind or insects. Plants are important as they provide food, oxygen and homes for animals.

1. PLANTS

2. PARTS OF A PLANT
PLANTS NEED SUN, WATER, AIR AND SOIL.
 SOME PLANTS HAVE FRUIT.
 LEAVES ABSORB OXYGEN AND SUNLIGHT.
 ROOTS ABSORB WATER AND MINERAL.
 THE STEM SUPPORTS THE PLANT.
Click on the musical notes and listen to the song.
Click on the apple tree and watch the video.

3. TREES, BUSHES AND GRASS
 TREES HAVE A THICK STEM
(TRUNK) THAT HAS BRANCHES.
 BUSHES HAVE A LOT OF THIN
STEMS.
 GRASS IS THIN AND BENDY.

4. DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN
TREES
 DECIDUOUS TREES LOSE
THEIR LEAVES IN AUTUMN. THE
LEAVES CHANGE COLOUR, FALL
TO THE GROUND AND GROW
IN SPRING AGAIN.
 EVERGREEN TREES DO NOT
LOSE THEIR LEAVES IN AUTUMN,
AND THEY ARE GREEN ALL YEAR.

5. LIFE CYCLE OF A PLANT
 THE ROOTS ABSORB WATER AND MINERALS.
 WATER GOES THROUGH THE STEMS TO THE LEAVES.
 THE LEAVES ABSORB SUNLIGHT.
 PLANTS PRODUCE FOOD IN THEIR LEAVES.

6. PARTS OF A FLOWER
PETALS
SEPALS
STAMEN
Click on the flowers to watch a video.

7. PLANTS REPRODUCE
SEEDS.
SOME PLANTS HAVE FLOWERS. THE
FRUIT CONTAINS SEEDS. THE FRUIT
MATURES AND FALLS TO THE
GROUND. NEW PLANTS GROW.
POLLEN.
FLOWERS HAVE STAMENS THAT
CONTAIN POLLEN. WIND OR INSECTS
MOVE THE POLLEN TO OTHER
FLOWERS AND THEY REPRODUCE.

8. USE OF PLANTS
 SOME PLANTS ARE
AROMATIC (WE USE THEM
IN PERFUMES, e.g.
LAVENDER).
 SOME PLANTS ARE
MEDICINAL (e.g.
CAMOMILE).
 WE USE SOME PLANTS AS
CONDIMENT IN COOKING
(e.g. PARSLEY).

9. PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT
 PLANTS GIVE US FOOD AND
OXYGEN.
 THEY GIVE ANIMALS HOMES, TOO.

10. PowerPoint realizado por Myriam Malo.