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Parts of a Plant Anchor Chart – Edible Plants

Food-poster pages group fruits, vegetables, and other edible plants by picture and name rather than labeling plant anatomy.
Year groups
Early years, Years 1–2
Pages
12
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Nov 10, 2023

Subject
Nature & Plants, Biology, Life Sciences, Science
Topic
Plants We Eat, Parts of a Plant
Resource types
Parts of and Anatomy of, Worksheets & Printables
Preparation
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About this resource

Did you know we can eat all parts of plants. This parts of a plant anchor chart posters includes real images of fruits and vegetables for students to familiarize themselves with all the parts of a plant they can eat! This poster set includes flowers, seeds, leaves, stems, roots, and fruits. There are 6 images for each plant part.

Pictures Included:

  • Flowers: artichoke, broccoli, cauliflower, dandelion, honeysuckle, squash blossom

  • Fruits: apple, banana, blueberry, lime, pepper, raspberry

  • Leaves: kale, lettuce, mint, parsley, purple cabbage, spinach

  • Roots: carrot, garlic, onion, parsnip, radish, sweet potato

  • Seeds: almonds, beans, coconut, corn, peas, sesame seeds

  • Stems: asparagus, bamboo shoots, celery, leek, rhubarb, scallions

How to Use:

These charts can be used as wall decor in a science centre or as an instructional tool to teach about the plants we eat.

By relating the science standard of identifying parts of a plant to foods that students commonly eat, it will ensure that students have fun and stay engaged with learning about plants!

Where to Use:

  • Wall Display in a Science Centre - Place these posters on the wall of a science centre while you are learning about the parts of plants. They can also be placed in a science centre simply as a reference tool for students to use while completing other plant based activities.

  • Instructional Tool - These posters make an excellent instructional tool for teachers to use to introduce to students the concept of parts of a plant in relation to the foods we eat.

The real photographs in this set provide students with easy to recognize images of different edible plants. Students will love seeing all the pictures of the different kinds of plants that they can actually eat.


These anchor charts and posts are no prep. The posters just need to be printed out and laminated for durability if desired.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Students will name a range of edible fruits, vegetables, legumes, and grains shown in the poster set.

Teaching tips

  • Because the pages group food by type (fruits, leafy vegetables, root vegetables), the set works well for a food-sorting or healthy-eating discussion rather than a plant-anatomy lesson.

  • Since the file has no roots/stem/leaf labeling, pair it with a separate plant-parts diagram if the goal is to teach plant anatomy specifically.

Skills covered

  • Food-name recognition — students match a printed food name to its illustration across fruit, vegetable, and legume categories.

  • Food classification — students can sort the pictured items into categories such as fruits, leafy vegetables, and root vegetables based on how the pages are grouped.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Edible plants

  • Fruits and vegetables

  • Food classification

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