Flower Detectives 2

Children connect with some local wild flowers through creative art and by observing their differences.
Recommended Period for this Activity: All year round

1. Exploring Wild Flowers 
Provide the children with access to the "Wildflowers cards" (Downloadable Material). In groups, ask them to make notes while discussing these questions:

Do you recognize any of these flowers?

How can you tell one flower apart from another? (What features do you look at?)

Which flower is your favourite, and why? 

 

2. Building an Identification Guide 
Invite the groups to share their ideas while you create a class list of flower identification features (e.g. colour, number and shape of petals, centre part, smell, size, number of flowers on a stalk). 

 

3. Flowers in Art 
Play the "Plants and Patterns" video (Downloadable Material) on the board, showing how an artist uses flower features to inspire a design. 

 

4. Creating Designs 
Provide stationery and materials prepared beforehand and allow the children to create their own flower-inspired designs based on their chosen favourite from the Wildflowers cards. 

 

5. Sharing the Message 
Make a display of the children’s designs and together decide on a slogan about the beauty and value of wildflowerschallenging the idea that they are just “weeds.” Place the display somewhere visible in the school to spread awareness. 


Resources & Equipment Needed

  • Paper;
  • Coloured pens/pencils;

Or:

  • Coloured paper/card/felt;
  • Scissors;
  • Glue:
  • Art and craft supplies of your choice;

You can download these instructions in PDF by clicking here: Generate PDF

Downloadable Material


Make sure to take photos of:
1. Children discussing WildFlowers file and taking notes
2. Children creating their design
3. The final display.

Activity Photos for Inspiration

Learning Outcomes & Curriculum Integration

Subjects

  • - English
  • - Maths
  • - Art

Learning Outcomes

English

5.2. At an elementary level use appropriate format and features of presentation to convey the purpose of a text

Maths

5.6.6 I can draw the other half of a simple symmetrical object inspired by examples of symmetry in nature. 

Integration with Curriculum

Instructions for teachers:

1. Follow the instructions on the website. Allow students to roam the school grounds or gardens near their homes or even the countryside. Ask them to take photos of the flowers they like and then create an Art lesson around those flowers.