MEGA Collection of BOTANY Unit Studies

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Botany

Finally, I compiled all our botany lessons in one post. It’s easier to make it as a reference in the future and to you dear readers as well! These are the activities we have done for the past years, when Mavi was still in preschool.  I hope you find all of these helpful in your own homeschool journey.  Just click any of the links below, to direct you to the specific post.

(In no specific order)

  • Learning about flowers. This is THE FIRST TIME we dissected a flower and Mavi had a fabulous time learning about the parts!
  • The Tree. Our FIRST LESSON ON TREES and comes with a DIY tree felt puzzle USS5[7]
  • Parts of a plant. Mavi was only 2 years old here when we study the different parts of a plant using nomenclature cards.  Was he bored? No!! He had fun looking for the different parts in grandma’s garden.
  • Fruits and Vegetables Unit
  • The Bean Seed. Identify the parts of a bean seed and observed how they sprout.
  • The Plant. Mavi was attending Montessori preschool and brought home his plants.  We review the parts of a plant using a real  one at home.  plant
  • Looking into Trees and Leaves.  We matched leaf shapes, create trees in different seasons and identify the parts of the leaf/tree.
  • The Plant Life Cycle (Photosynthesis).  We did a little experiment on how water travels through the plants.
  • Tree Shapes. Yes! Trees have different form and shapes.  We worked on this outdoors and identified the shapes of the trees in our yard. How fun!
  • The Poinsettia.  Seasonal lesson, especially during Christmas. DSC_15754
  • Leaf Shapes.  Montessori-inspired activities. We collected leaves in the park and matched our collection to the leaf shapes nomenclature card.
  • Inside of a fruit.  Making fruit prints!
  • Life Cycle of an Apple.  Lots of crafting!
  • All about flowers [1] and [2].  We usually study flowers in springtime.  Here we looked into the different parts by dissecting a flower, collected flowers in the yard and used it as a paint brush.. and more outdoor flower observation.
  • Flower DIY foam puzzle.
  • Parts of an apple and tomato.  Yes, we dissected these!

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2 comments:

  1. How fun! We enjoy botany lessons in our homeschool, too!

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  2. Wow! I love all these amazing botany lessons and unit studies. I think one of my favorite subjects is botany. This is a great resource! Thanks!

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