Sunday, December 16, 2012

My Plant Project

At school we are learning about plants. We had a choice of whether or not to do an optional project to make a model of a flowering plant. I decided to do it.

I cut petals out of blue felt. Our neighbors let us borrow their glue gun to put the flower together. We used straws to straighten the petals. Here's a picture of the side with the straws:



This is a picture of the other side:


After glueing the petals together I added the sepals. The sepals are the leaves that protect the flower before it blooms. Here is a picture of it on the side with the straws:


And the other side:


Earlier I had made a stem out of a boba straw and stuck two intertwined pipe cleaners into it to color it green. Then I poked a  hole in a box and stuck it in. After that I taped on some yarn for roots. Here is a picture of all of that:


I had also made the pistil (the "female" part that has what will become seeds) and the four stamens (the "male" part with the pollen) earlier. I attached them together with the hot glue gun. Here is a picture of them:



Then came putting it together. We attached a bent paper clip to the stem and poked a hole in the petals and sepals. Then we used the hot glue gun to attach the paper  clip to the pistil. After that I  glued on the leaves. That left one last step. I had to label the parts. I had a numbered list with the functions of the parts, so I only needed to use numbers. Here are the parts: 
  • Ovules- the "eggs" that will become seeds
  • Ovary- holds the ovules
  • Style- brings pollen to the ovules
  • Stigma- catches pollen
  • Pistil- the "female" part of the plant. The ovary, style, and stigma are part of it.
  • Anther- makes and stores pollen
  • Filament- holds up the anther
  • Stamen- the "male" part of the plant. The anther and the filament are part of it.
  • Petals- attract insects to pollinate
  • Sepals- the leaves that protect the flower before it blooms
  • Stem- transports nutrients throughout the plant
  • Leaves- absorb energy from the sun
  • Roots- absorb water and nutrients from the soil and keeps the plant grounded
Here's a picture of the finished plant:



Note: Daddy helped with the glue gun.

2 comments:

  1. Will you email a link to your blog entry to "hand in" your project?

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  2. Now I know what all those crossword puzzle clue words mean! You are amazing and your plant is too!

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