Freaky Flower

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Freaky Flower
Experiment
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State goal 12.A.2a- Describe simple life cycles
of plants. State goal 12.B.2b- Identify physical
features of plants.
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how do plants get Water?

• What happens when you water a plant?
• Where does the water go?
• How does the water travel?
• Lets find out!

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• Think about the system of pipes that carry water
  through your home.
• Pipes carry water to different rooms. Think of
  how pipes are arranged in your house.
• In some ways, this system of pipes is like the
  system of tubes that carry water throughout a
  plant.

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Vocabulary

• Root hair
• xylem
• phloem
• stomates
• pistil
• stamen
• ovary
• petal
• sepal
• transpiration

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• Knowing our flower vocabulary will help us
  understand the experiment.
• The root hairs are threadlike growths on the root
  which grow in tiny spaces in the soil.
• The xylem is a tissue made of tubes that carry
  water and minerals upward through the plant.
• The phloem is a tissue made of tubes that carry
  food through a plant.
• Stomates are small openings usually found on the
  bottom surface of leaves through which water
  vapors and gases leave the plant.

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More vocabulary

• Pistil- the female reproductive part of the
  flower
• Stamen- the male reproductive part of the flower
• Ovary- base of the pistil that produces egg cells
  or ovules
• Petal- colored leaves that attract insects for
  pollination
• Sepal- green leaf that protects the flower while
  it develops

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Parts of a flower
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pollen grains
pistol
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stamens
petal
ovary
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sepals
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How do plants get water?
Most plants suck up water through their roots
which have holes in them. The water travels to
the leaves through the veins in the stem which
are called xylem. The water that is not needed
escapes through the holes in the leaves, called
stomata, and evaporates. This helps pull more
water up through the plant. The flow of water
through the plant is called transpiration.
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Lets Begin!

• Gather your materials
• Freshly cut carnation
• a beaker of water filled up to 75 ml
• food coloring
• scissors

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Make your own Freaky Flower

• Objective How does water travel through a plant?
• Hypothesis (use your background knowledge)
• Materials freshly cut carnation, container of
  water, food coloring, scissors, beaker

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How to make your freaky flower

• Fill in your lab sheet with the following
  information
• Procedure
• 1. Pour 75 ml of water and several drops of food
  coloring into a beaker. Put flower into beaker.
• 2. After a day or so, what starts to happen to
  the flowers?
• Results Make an observation chart to record
  changes daily for one week. Pay attention to the
  level of water and colors that you observe after
  each day.
• Conclusion What have you learned? What floral
  shop secret have you discovered?