One will have only stamens, the other only pistils. These are incomplete flowers. The flowers used for this activity should have both stamens and a pistil, known as a complete flower. These include flowers like the lily, gladiola, tulip, and fruit blossoms. Select the largest flowers for this lesson and provide a variety of them.
Activity Ask the students if they know how seeds are produced.
Tell them they are about to take a flower apart so they can see where seeds are formed. If the students are too young to dissect flowers alone, do this activity as a demonstration. Distribute data sheets, flowers, magnifiers, and clear tape to students and let them follow the data sheets as they dissect the flower. Closure Use the transparency How Flowers Reproduce to explain the reproduction process to students. Tell them bees are the best pollinators of flowers.