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• This illustrated guide is designed to help students recognize and learn the different parts of a flower. The single Web page, which can be easily printed for use at field sites, identifies these parts:

  • plant
  • stigma
  • style
  • ovary
  • stamen
  • anther
  • filament
  • petal
  • ovule with embryo sac
  • sepal
  • receptacle
  • peduncle 

• Completion Time

  Less than 1 period

• Teacher Tip

  Supplement a study of biodiversity with an activity drawn from this guide to the parts of a flower.

  1. Distribute copies of theParts of a Flowerto students.
  2. Divide the class into small groups, and give each group a flower to dissect.
  3. Have the students examine the specimen and then create a poster-sized illustration of the flower that labels its individual parts.

• Topic

  Biology

• Subtopic

  Plants