Plants found in the locality
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Wash your hands after handling plants.
Activity 1: Identifying different plants found in the locality
What you need:
A variety of plants growing in the locality, picture cut-outs of different plants, a camera, a dictionary, an exercise book and a pen.
What to do:
Work in groups.
- Brainstorm on the terms herb, shrub, grass and tree.
- Find out from the dictionary the meaning of the terms herb, shrub, grass and tree.
3. Connect the image to the correct term.
- herb
- shrub
- grass
- tree
- Take a walk around the school compound or a nearby farm.
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- Identify a herb, shrub, grass and tree.
- Identify plants in the locality and fill in the table below.
Characteristics of a plant | Name of the plant in English | Conclusion – is the plant a herb, shrub, tree or grass? |
- With the help of your teacher, take photographs of the different plants in the locality.
- Stick different plant cut-outs or photographs taken on a hard surface like a carton or a desktop calendar to make a portfolio.
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- Label the plants in your portfolio.
- Write down their characteristics in your exercise book.
- Compare your information with the one given below.
Plants can be in four groups.
These are:
- herbs
- shrubs
- trees
- grass
Different types of plants
Herbs
- They are small plants with soft stems.
- They do not grow tall.
- They do not live for long.
- Examples are bean plant, pea plant, tomato plant and spinach plant.
Trees
- They are large and tall plants.
- They have a thick stem.
- Examples include eucalyptus, mango trees, pine trees and cedars.
Shrubs
- They are larger than herbs but smaller than trees.
- They have many branches.
- Examples are cassava plants, tea plants, coffee plants and hibiscus plants.
Grasses
- They have narrow leaves with parallel veins.
- They have small flowers.
- They have round stems with joints where the leaves attach.
- Examples include napier grass, lemon grass and couch grass.
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