🌱 Instructions

What to do:

1. Cut out the plant pictures at the bottom of this page

2. Look at each plant carefully

3. Put each plant on the correct habitat mat

4. Talk about why you put each plant there

💧 Plants that grow in water

Tell your teacher: What do you notice about these plants? How are they the same?

🌍 Plants that grow in soil

Tell your teacher: What makes these plants good at growing in soil?

🌳 Plants that grow in shade

Tell your teacher: How do these plants live without lots of sun?

☀️ Plants that grow in sun

Tell your teacher: What do you see on these plants that like lots of sun?

✂️ Cut out these New Zealand plants

Ask an adult to help you cut along the dotted lines

🌿 Ponga (Silver Fern) - grows in shady forests

🌸 Pohutukawa - tree with red flowers, likes sun

🌾 Toetoe grass - tall grass that grows in sunny places

💧 Raupo (Bulrush) - grows in wetlands and water

🌺 Kowhai - yellow flowering tree, likes sun

🍃 Nikau Palm - grows in shady, moist places

🌊 Oioi (Jointed Rush) - grows near water and wetlands

🌻 Daisy - small flower that likes sunny gardens

🌿 Moss - tiny green plant that grows in shade

🌳 Kauri tree - very tall tree that likes sun

🤔 Think about it