Claire Throp - All about Stems

2015 Heinemann Library
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Edited by Claire Throp and Brynn Baker
Designed by Peggie Carley
Picture research by Ruth Blair
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ISBN 978- 1- 4846- 3850- ( paperback)
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Contents

What Are Plants?

Plants are living things.

flower

stem

leaf

root

seed

Plants have
many parts.

What Do Plants Need
to Grow?

Plants need sunlight and
to grow.

Plants need water to grow.

What Are Stems?

stem

seed

Stems grow from the seeds
of plants.

Most stems grow above the ground.

Stems help to hold up a plant.

Stems move water and food
around a plant.

Flowers and leaves grow
from stems.

Types of Stems
Some plants have thick stems.

Some plants have thin stems.

Some plants have flat stems.

Some plants have stems.

Some plants have stems.

A tree trunk is a stem.

Some plants have smooth stems.

stem

Some stems grow along the ground.
Strawberry stems grow this way.

stem

Many stems grow straight up.

Rhubarb stems grow this way.

Stems as Food
Some animals like to eat stems.

Some people like to eat stems too.
Asparagus is a stem.

Plants Need Stems
Stems hold up plants.
Stems move food around plants.

Picture Glossary
oxygen people,
plants, and animals
breathe to live
many sharp, prickly
points on a plant
made of wood

Index

air

animals

asparagus

flowers

food

leaves

people

rhubarb

roots

seeds

strawberries

sunlight

trees

water

Notes for Parents and Teachers
Before Reading
Ask children if they know what stems are for. Explain that plant stems can look very different
from one another. For example, strawberry runners and tree trunks are very different.

After Reading
Ask children to say what grows from a stem.

See if children can remember what three things plants need most to survive. ( pages and 7)
Demonstrate how water moves through stems. Use a white carnation with a freshly- cut stem.
Put the flower in a vase with water and food coloring. Ask children to predict what will happen.
The colored water will be absorbed by the stem and travel up to the petals.
The flower will change color.