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Have you ever seen so many flowers grow together anywhere? where?
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How many differently coloured flowers have you seen?
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Write their colours. ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
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Now you were just left counting, weren’t you?
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Look at the designs made by your friends as well.
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Here are some pictures of flowers. Mark a (✔) on the flowers which you recognise. Write their names too if you know.
From the pictures given above, and other flowers that you know, give names of two which O grow on trees _____________ _____________ O grow on bushes _____________ _____________ O grow on creepers _____________ _____________ O grow on water plants _____________ _____________ O bloom only at night _____________ _____________ O bloom in the day and close at night _____________ _____________
O | grow on trees | Gulmohar | Palash |
O | grow on bushes | Oleander | Lavender |
O | grow on creepers | Coral vine | Trumpet vine |
O | grow on water plants | Lotus | Water lily |
O | bloom only at night | Moon flower | Oueen of Night |
O | bloom in the day and close at night | Morning glory | Poppy |
Which flowers can you recognise by their scent, even with your eyes closed?
Rose, and jasmine can be recognised by their scent, even with our eyes closed.
Which flowers bloom all the year round?
Sadabahar and rose
Which flowers bloom only in certain months?
Flowers such as rajnigandha usually blooms from April to September.
Disclaimer : This is a sample answer. There can be other flowers that bloom in certain months.
O Have you ever seen a board like this put up anywhere? O Do people pluck flowers even when this board is there? O Why do you think they do this? O Should they do this? O What would happen if everybody plucked flowers?
O Yes, such kind of boards are often seen in parks and gardens.
O Yes, some people pluck flowers even when such a board is present.
O They do this because they do not respect the rules and think that plucking a flower does not cause any harm to the place. They may even do this for fun.
O No, people should not pluck flowers.
O If everybody starts plucking flowers, then there would be no flowers in the gardens and the parks. Without flowers, there would be no beauty and no colours in such places. Also, new flower plants would not grow.
❆ What is the colour of the flower?
❆ What kind of a scent does it have?
❆ What does it look like – a bell, a bowl, a brush or anything else?
❆ Do these flowers grow in bunches?
❆ How many petals does it have?
❆ Are all the petals joined together or separate?
❆ Outside the petals, can you see any green leafy structure? How many are there?
❆ Inside the petals, in the middle of the flower, can you see some thin structures? Write its colour.
❆ When you touch these, do you find a powdery thing on your hands?
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What differences do you find between a flower and a bud?
A small part that grows on a plant and develops into a flower is called a bud. A flower, developed from a bud, is the reproductive structure of a plant. Buds actually form the very early phase of flower formation.
Draw the picture of a bud and its flower in your notebook.
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Can you tell how many days will a bud take to bloom into a flower? Let us try and find out.
• Choose a bud that is growing on a plant and look at it everyday. Write the name of the plant.
• When you first saw this bud, the date was _________. Now when the bud has bloomed into a flower, the date is _______. How many days did the bud take to become a flower?
• Ask your friends the names of the different flowers that they have seen. How much time did it take their buds to become flowers?
• Also observe how many days the same flower took to dry.
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Find out names of any two flowers which are used for making medicines?
Two flowers that are used for medicinal purposes are rose and hibiscus.
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How is rose water used in your house? Is it used as medicine, sweets, lassi or something else? Find out and tell others.
Rose water is used as medicine for the eyes and the skin. It is also used for making gulkand, which is a sweet. It can also be used in cosmetics, perfumes, garlands, etc.
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Find out and write the names of some more flowers that are used for making colours.
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Can you think of a colour of which there is no flower?
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Write the names of such flowers which are used to make scents.
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O Do you know when such songs are sung?
O Do you or anybody else at home know other such songs? Collect songs, poems, etc., on flowers. Write them down and put them up in the classroom.
O Are any special flowers used on certain occasions by your elders? Make a list of different occasions and the flowers used at each.
Occasion | Name of flower |
Occasion | Name of flower |
Lakshmi Puja | Lotus |
Bihu | Kopou |
Friendship Day | Yellow roses |
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What are the different flowers that they sell? Ask them the names of three flowers.
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Where do they bring these flowers from?
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Why do people buy flowers?
People buy flowers for various purposes. They use these flowers for worshipping Gods, for decoration, for giving as gift to others and for medicinal or cosmetic purposes.
In what forms do flower-sellers sell their flowers? Look at these picture. Tick against those forms that you have seen.
Any other form that you have seen –
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Some flowers are used in different forms – like rose and marigold are used in garlands and as loose petals too.
• Find out the prices of these different forms. One garland _____________________________ One strand _____________________________ One flower _____________________________
• Has the flower-seller learnt to make bouquets or a net of flowers from anybody? From whom?
• Would they like the other members of their family to do this work? Why?
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