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CLIL Science: what parts of plants can we eat?
Textbook: pp. 88–89
GoalName the parts of plants we eat: root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, seed.
New words
root · ildizstem · poyaleaf · bargseed · urug‘
Explanation
Parts of a plant: root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, seed. We eat some of them. For example: carrot — root, celery — stem, spinach — leaf, broccoli — flower, apple — fruit, peas and rice — seeds. Sentences: “We eat the root of a carrot.” “We eat the leaves of spinach.”
Worked examples
A carrot is a root. Spinach is a leaf.
We eat the seeds of rice and peas.
Class activity
“Plant parts”: draw a plant. Children stick vegetable pictures on the right part: carrot — root, apple — fruit. They say it in a sentence.
Practice
1
Which part of the plant is a carrot?
root
2
Which part is spinach?
leaf
3
Which part is rice?
seed
4
Which part is an apple?
fruit