Flowers

NCERT anchor: NCERT Looking Around Class 1 — Theme: Plants (flowers and pollinators)

• Know marigold, lotus, rose — colours and smells.
• Bees visit flowers; flowers used in garlands and puja.
• Do not pluck all flowers — leave for bees and beauty.

1. Parts (simple)

Level 1 (Verbal): Petals (colour), smell sweet or strong.

Level 2 (Symbolic): Flower can become fruit on some plants (mango flower → mango).

Visual: Picture of lotus in pond, marigold in garden.

2. Bees and flowers

Verbal: Bee collects nectar — helps plant (detail later); do not swat bees roughly.

Visual: Bee on marigold photo.

3. Uses

Verbal: Garland at wedding, genda for Diwali, lotus is national flower.

Making a small garland for class celebration

Step 1 — Pick fallen marigold with teacher OK — not all from one plant.
Step 2 — String with thread — **garland** for classroom door.
Step 3 — Bee visits remaining flowers outside — good!
Step 4 — Name flower: marigold — orange/yellow petals.
Answer: marigold garland; bees need flowers too.

• Name the national flower of India.
• Which insect visits flowers often?
• Name one flower used in festivals.
• Stretch: Can you eat a rose petal on cake? Is it a flower use?

Revision tip: Sketch three flowers — marigold, lotus, rose — with correct colours.

Open the Practice tab for graded questions on Flowers.