Parts of a Plant

First grade is learning about the different parts of a plant.  Students used the "Show Me" app on their iPads to draw a flower and label the parts of the plant.  They now know that the roots hold the plant in place and soak up nutrients and water from the soil, the stem is like a straw and sucks the nutrients and water to the rest of the plant, and the leaves have the important job of making the food.  Check out our labeled flowers below and the experiment that we did with celery to demonstrate how a stem is like a straw.

The red water was sucked up by the stem of the celery.