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Survey of flowering plants

You will visit a garden and a wild place, such as a forest.

1 With a partner, look for any examples of flowers,

shrubs and trees in both places. Draw or take

photographs of them.

2 Make a scrapbook of your drawings or photographs.

In one section, show the plants you

found in the garden. How were the plants in
the garden different from
In the second section, show the

plants you found in the wild place. the plants in the wild place?

Investigating trees

1 Look at three different trees near your school.

2 Make a leaf rubbing from each tree. Use this as

the centre of an information card about each tree.

3 Measure how wide the trunk is.

Write this on the card.

4 Identify any trees that lose their Be a scientist

leaves. Write this on the card. Scientists measure very carefully
so that results are correct.
5 Draw each tree on its

information card. page 9 5 Plants and the Seasons

Key idea

There are many types of plants in your area.
These can be flowers, shrubs or trees.

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■ For more activities, go to Workbook 1 page 89.