Plants and Their Products Activity for the classroom on the products we

use that come from plants

Laura B. Vary & Jennifer J. Weber

Instructions

• Each slide has the plant picture on the left and the product on the right.

• Each slide should be cut in half and the different pictures placed around the room.

• Students then have to match the plant with the correct product.

• Teachers can use the powerpoint as the answer key.

• When possible, replace pictures with ACTUAL ITEMS

Rubber Plant

(Ficus elastica; Moraceae)Rubber Ball

Coffee plant

(Coffea arabica; Rubiaceae)Coffee

Cacao

(Theobroma cacao; Malvaceae)

Chocolate

Cotton plant

(Gossypium hirsutum; Malvaceae

Cotton t-shirt

Corn

(Zea mays; Poaceae)Popcorn

Corn

(Zea mays; Poaceae)Soft drinks, cola

Willow (Salix; Salicaceae) Aspirin

Wheat (Triticum; Poaceae) Bread

Olive tree

(Olea europaea; Oleaceae)

Olive Oil

Aloe (Aloe vera; Asphodelaceae) Aloe vera lotion

Photo credits• Rubber plant: http://www.krika.com/Tropical%20Garden/Montserrat%20Tropical%20Garden%20R.html• Rubber ball: http://www.sporting-chance.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=556• Coffee plant:http://www.bijlmakers.com/fruits/coffee_arabica.htm• Coffee cup: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_small_cup_of_coffee.JPG• Cacao plant:http://www.laestic.com/html/images/plantacacao.jpg• Chocolate bar:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2JIxITMTV8/SwPgx7eKsMI/AAAAAAAAADo/Zv60dS8jxrc/s1600/chocolate.png• Cotton plant:http://ipm.ncsu.edu/cotton/InsectCorner/photos/images/Open_cotton_plant.jpg• Cotton t-shirt:

http://www.brandxs.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/A/A/AA-1-A__1.jpg

• Corn:http://soilcrop.tamu.edu/photogallery/cornsorghum+/images/corn%20ears.jpg• Popcorn: http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/popcorn-1.jpg• Cola: http://www.ksl.com/emedia/slc/174/17402/1740280.jpg• Willow:http://www.instantplants.ie/photo/thumb/Salix%20Alba%20Tristis.jpg• Aspirin: http://bigmikescience.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/aspirin.jpg• Wheat: http://www.impactlab.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/wheat-production.jpg• Bread: http://www.faqs.org/photo-dict/photofiles/list/307/805bread.jpg• Olive tree: http://www.quranandscience.com/images/stories/olive_tree.jpg• Olive oil: http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/how-olive-oil-works-3.jpg• Aloe plant: http://keetsa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/aloe-vera-plant.jpg• Aloe vera lotion: http://brandcom.unilever.com/b2Public/vaseline/en-AU/article/Consumer/OurProducts/

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