Identifying the Above-ground Parts of a Daffodil – including those Structures involved in Pollination

Identifying the Parts of Daffodil Flowers EB

 

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This is a project in which the youngsters can show how well they’re learning the English names for the basic parts / structures of this iconic spring-flowering plant.  They can also practice their fine motor skills by coloring the illustrations with watercolor paints, colored pencils, or crayons.

Our 4th through 6th grade students usually plant daffodil bulbs in the fall. Then in the spring they create observational drawings or paintings of the resulting blooms and elegant leaves.  Since our fifth graders study plant form and function as part of their science lessons, I typically ask them to “show what they know” by completing this particular identification activity at the beginning of those spring art projects focused on the blossoming daffodils.

Remember to add in William Wordsworth’s marvelous poem about daffodils and Nature’s gift to her human children – the capacity for beautiful memories.  That classic poem,  “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” can be accessed here. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45521/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud .  It’s so worthwhile to read this poem aloud to the class while the youngsters study their freshly harvested daffodils which they’ve settled into small vases prior to actually drawing or painting.  The poem can also be read aloud (by you or a student)  as part of a preparatory exercise in which children close their eyes, rest, and intentionally engage their imaginations to bring to life the scenes that Wordsworth’s words conjure.