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Exploring Plants Worksheet

Plants and leaves illustration

🌱 Part 1: What Plants Need (WALT: Identify the basic needs of plants)

1. Circle all the things plants need to grow and stay healthy:

Wai (water)

Rā (sunlight)

Television

Air

Chocolate

Soil

2. Which of these is the Māori word for tree?

Wai

Rākau

Kai

3. Fill in the blanks using these words: water, sunlight, air, soil

Plants get energy from _____________ and drink _____________ through their roots.

They breathe in _____________ and grow in healthy _____________.

4. Draw and label a simple plant showing its main parts:

🌿 Part 2: Plants in Our World (WALT: Describe the role of plants in the environment)

5. How do plants help our environment? Write two ways:

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

6. Match the Māori use of plants to their purpose:
Rongoā
Kai
Whakairo
Food
Medicine
Carving
7. Why is kaitiakitanga (guardianship) important for plants?

🔍 Part 3: Plant Observations (WALT: Observe and gather information about plants)

8. Look at a plant near you. Draw what you see and write three observations:

My observations:

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________

9. Write one question you have about plants that you would like to investigate:
10. Creative Challenge: Design your own special plant! What would it look like? What would make it special?

My plant is special because: ________________________________

_____________________________________________________

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