Year 5 have been learning about parts of the flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants. We opened up a flower by removing the petals to look at the reproductive organs. We took out the stamen of the flower and wiped it on black paper to look at the yellow dust like material called pollen. The children were surprised to see how much pollen came out of each stamen. We carefully used a toothpick to open the carpel to look at the female organs which contain the ovaries. This is where the seed of the flower is reproduced.
We then sliced an apple open to compare the inside of the apple to the lily. We came to the conclusion that the apple is most like the ovary of a flower. It protects the seeds inside.
