Flower Power Science Discovery Box

Included in this discovery box: 

1. Flowers such as lilies,


daffodils,

irises,



and other flowers with large parts


2. Magnifying lenses




3. Safety scissors



or plastic knives





4. Newspaper





5. The Reason for a Flower, by Ruth Miller. This book has wonderful illustrations about flowers and their structures  It shows how the "reason for a flower" is because of the seeds, and it describes pollination. It also shows the anther, stamen, pistil, and stigma.





6. The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow, by Patricia Relf. This book in the Magic School Bus series takes children inside a flower and explores how living things grow.





7. It Could Still Be a Flower, by Allan Fowler. This book in the Read-About Science series shows many types of flowers all over the world, how they grow, and their different characteristics. Color photographs are used so children can see examples of real-life flowers that they may not have seen before.





In this discovery box, children will be dissecting flowers to investigate their structures:




Children will use this set of instructions to complete the discovery box: Flower Power Discovery Box Instructions


Children will use the safety scissors or the plastic knives to dissect flowers and look for specific parts:

They will then draw a picture of the flower and label its parts:





Books have been included in this discovery box to encourage children to want to continue learning more about flowers and how they grow. The following is a list of additional resources to extend this discovery box:

1. Children's Books about Flowers and Gardening (Scholastic.com)
2. The Tiny Seed, by Eric Carle (YouTube video) 
3. Parts of a flower online game
4. Flower anatomy online game
5. Enchanted Learning's flower theme page