5. Science Standard: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate
a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in
which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
Skills/concept: listening, speaking, and writing skills
Objectives: Children will use marks or symbols to represent their understanding.
The teacher will then create a web with the students that includes things such as: life cycle of a
sunflower starting with its planting process. children will then retell the steps by drawing pictures
(containing each step) in chronological order.
Materials needed: Books: Pencil, paper, scissors, crayons, book “Zinnia’s Flower
Garden” by Monica Wellington and “Sunflower House” by Eve Bunting.
6. Science Standard: Students know how to observe and describe similarities
and differences in the appearance and behavior of plants. Students know
how to identify major structures of common plants.
Skills/concept: For children to understand the differences between growing
plants with and without sunlight exposure.
Objectives: The students will
a.) Describe how seeds grow to be a plant
b.) Recognize and collect data from plants
c.) Examine the plant closely to determine how long it takes to grow
d.) Know that plants have stems, leaves, roots and seeds
Activity: Growing their own Sunflower
Materials needed: cups, soil, natural sunlight, sunflower seeds, water
7. Science Standard: Health/ Cooking Nutrition
health concepts and practicing health-enhancing
behaviors
Objectives: The children will be able to identify
parts of plants and trees that are edible
Activity: The children will identify the basic
parts of the sunflower that are edible and
they’re
going to label it on the picture. Also the children
are going to prepare a salad using the edible
part.
Materials needed: Sunflowers, markers,
poster of a sunflower, a bag of shelled
sunflower seeds and a bag of pre-washed
8. Key Skill/Concept: Number and operation standard
Specific Math/Science Standard: Count with understanding and recognizing "how
many" in sets of objects
Objectives: Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among
numbers, and number systems
Activity: The children will be playing an easy fun game of filling the seed head with
petals.
Materials needed:
- construction paper
- scissors
-glue
-dice
9. Topic: Sunflower’s
Key skill: Self, social
interaction, and relationships
Objective: Take initiative in
making new discoveries
identifying new solutions and
persisting in trying to figure
things out.
Question: What are some
different kinds of sunflowers?
10. Home to plant collections from all over the
world, including many rare and endangered
species, The Arboretum also houses outdoor
historical landmarks representative of the
major phases of California history.
Mission is to cultivate our natural,
horticultural and historic resources for
learning, enjoyment and inspiration.
11. Key Skill/Concept: Self, social
interaction, and relationships
Objectives: Children will learn to
participate positively and
cooperatively as group members in
order to have a hands on
experience of seeing a sunflower in
its natural habitat.
12. Location
301 North Baldwin Avenue
Arcadia, CA, 91007
Just south of I-210, Foothill Freeway
at 301 North Baldwin Avenue,
Arcadia, across from the Santa
Anita Race Track.
Hours
Main Grounds
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., grounds close at
5:00 p.m. The Arboretum opens at 8:00
am for members.
Please note that the grounds are closed
on December 25th.
Arboretum Library
Tuesday- Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Admission
Adults $8.00
Students and Seniors$6.00
Children Ages 5-12$3.00
Children under 5 free Members free
Visitors under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Admission free on the third Tuesday of the month (No
tram on these days.)
Cashiers can accept payments of cash, and personal
checks from California.
There are NO CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS at this time.
The tram costs $4.00 per person and operates Saturday
and Sunday at noon; 1, 2 and 3 p.m. The schedule is
subject to change so please call in advance of your visit
(626) 821-3222.
13. We believe that Sunflowers are a great topic for
children; These flowers are pretty and well-
recognized also serve as a food source for many
garden friends. When the buds open, they’re loaded
with pollen and nectar for bees and other beneficial
insects to snack on without harming the plant. In
fact, these visitors are actually helping the flower by
pollinating it. This is very beneficial to your garden
because it is an opportunity to teach the kids a great
lesson! Once sunflower petals wither, the head turns
into seed that becomes a wonderful food source for
birds, or you can cut the heads off and dry the seed
for a healthy snack yourself.
