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Meet the Plants
- Class 1
What are Plants?
Six classifications of plants and examples
- Class 2
Parts of a Plant
Five parts of a plant including seeds
- Class 3
Uses of Plants
for food, fiber, the environment, protection and beautification
- Class 4
How Plants Grow
Bean research project, history of vegetables and fruits
- Class 5
Plant Propagation
Make grassheads Conclude research project and review
- Class 6
Nutrition of fruits and vegetables, class evaluation and scoring
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Kids' Gardening Links
Kids Gardenening - The site
is great for parents and teachers
Kids Valley Gardening
- This site allows kids to explore the world of gardening and learn common
gardening terms.
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What Is Meet the Plants? | How Can
I Get Meet the Plants in my Classroom? | Financial Awareness Links | WV
CSO's Taught
Grassheads | How many seeds are
in a mango, ...?
What Is Meet the Plants?
Meet the Plants is a West Virginia 4-H Project that local
Master Gardener
Volunteers teach to third and fourth graders. There are 6 one-hour classes
in the program. Each class focuses on a chapter of the Meet the Plants
project book and the sixth class teaches nutrition from fruits and vegetables.
Master Gardeners are adults who have been screened by the WVU Extension Service and participated in 3 hours of training before they can teach the Meet the Plants program. New volunteers are always assigned to co-teach with a veteran Master Gardener.
How Can I Get Meet the Plants in my Classroom?
To learn more about the Meet the Plants 4-H Program in Hancock County, contact
Leanne Moorman , WVU Extension Agent.
Marnie Lamb, 4-H and Youth
Program Assistant will schedule your class and provide supplies to the Master Gardeners.
West Virginia Content Standards and Objectives taught
The Meet the Plants curriculum meets many of the WV Board of Education
Content Standards and Objective's (CSO's). Below is a list of the ones
used in the program.
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What are Plants? |
Science 3.2.1; 3.4.3; 4.2.1 |
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Parts of a Plant |
Science 3.3.1; 3.3.2; 3.4.1; 3.4.6; 4.3.1; 4.4.1; 4.4.3; 4.4.4 |
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Uses of Plants |
Science 3.6.3; 4.4.6 Health 3.3.6; 3.4.1; 4.4.1; 4.4.2 |
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How Plants Grow |
Science 3.2.7; 3.2.8; 3.3.3; 3.4.2; 3.4.4; 3.6.1; 3.6.2;
4.2.2; 4.2.6; 4.2.7; 4.2.8; 4.2.9; 4.3.3; 4.4.2; 4.6.1; 4.6.2; 4.6.3 |
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Plant Propagation |
Science 3.2.5; 4.2.5; 4.6.4 |
Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition |
Health 3.1.5; 3.6.4; 4.6.1; |
 
I know you are wondering--what on earth is a grasshead? I grasshead is
a tool used to teach plant propagation. Grass seed is put into the toe
of a old (clean) tube sock, then it is filled with potting soil and tied.
The children then use rubberbands to create noses and ears. Permanent
markers are used to draw on the faces and mouths. The cups are filled
with water and the sock bottom absorbs the water wetting the soil. The
rye grass sprouts in about one week and when it gets too tall the children
give their grasshead a "haircut".
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How many seeds are in a mango, how about a papaya?
The answer to the above question is ........ you'll just have to open
one and find out for yourself! The students just love this class! The
Master Gardeners and students bring in fruit and the seeds are counted.
Some of the most popular fruits are papaya, mango, star fruit, kiwi, and
cantaloupe. Extra fruit is sliced and the students taste fruits that aren't
normally brought into their homes. Favorites of the students--mango and
star fruit.
 
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