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LANGALIBALELE DUBE PRIMARY SCHOOL

N. Science Grade Five

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KNOWLEDGE

Learners must know that plants are useful. They must know the

difference between harmful and poisonous plants. They must also

know that medicine and food they eat are from plants. Plants make

their own food. They must grow their own vegetables instead of

buying.

VALUES

Useful plants make food for people and animals.

Useful plants make medicine to cure and heal those who are

suffering.

ATTITUDE

Learners must have a positive attitude towards plants. They must

take care of plants all the time.

Start>>All Programs>>Microsoft Encarta>>Encarta kids

2008>>science>>the environment>>plants.

WHAT IS A PLANT?

Plants are one of the five main groups of living things. These groupsare called kingdoms. The plant kingdom includes such living thingsas grasses, trees, ferns, bushes, and flowers. Botanists, the scientistswho study plants ,


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WHAT ARE THE MAIN KINDS OF PLANTS?

A lmost all the members of the plant kingdom are seed plants. Theygrow from seeds. Most seed plants are flowering plants, or angiosperms.


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WHAT ARE FLOWERING PLANTS?

People who plant flower gardens fill them with flowering plants.A lmost all the fruits and vegetables you eat come from flowering

plants. Flowering plants make seeds that are inside a covering. Angiosperm , the name for flowering plants , means enclosed seed.

WHAT ARE OTHER SEED PLANTS?

U nlike flowering plants, some seed plants make seeds that are notinside a covering. They are called gymnosperms, a word that meansnaked seed.

WHAT ARE THE MAIN PARTS OF PLANTS?


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Most plants have three main parts: roots, stems, and leaves. The rootsare in the ground. They hold the plant in the soil. Roots take up water and minerals the plant needs.

Stems usually are above ground. They carry food and water. The

stems of some plants, such as dandelions, are thin and delicate. Treeshave thick, strong stems. The stems are trunks covered wi th bark.

Leaves come out of the stems of plants. Green plants use light, water,minerals, and carbon dioxide (a gas in the air) to make food in their leaves.

PARTS OF THE PLANT

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HOW DO PLANTS GROW?

Most plants grow from seeds. Seeds need soil, water, and light togrow. A bean is a seed. You can make a bean plant grow.

HOW PLANTS MAKE FOOD


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PARTS OF THE PLANT

Plants come in many shape and size. Most of them have the same basic structure.

1) ROOTSo A plants roots collect and store food and water from the soilo A nchor the plant in the ground.

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2 ) STEMo The stem supports a plant and helps give it shape.o The stem also moves water from the plant's roots and food from the

leaves to the rest of the plant.3 ) LEAVES

o Leaves grow from the plants stem.o Leaves collect energy from sunlight and change it into food.

4 ) FLOWER

5) FRUIT Some plants produce fruit, which contains seeds. F ruits protect the seeds until they are ready to grow into new plants. Some fruits are tasty, such as tomatoes, apples, and oranges. O ther fruits should not be eaten, including cotton and milkweed.


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PARTS OF THE FLOWER

Flowers help some plants reproduce , or make new plants.

Parts of a flower include petals , sepals , stamens , and the pistil .Open the Microsoft Encarta program as follows:


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PARTS OF THE FRUIT


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PARTS OF A LEAF


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