Free PDFGrade 1 · Science · 30 min
Father's Day lion card
Make a lion card with dandelion prints for your dad or someone you love.
I can name the parts of a dandelion and tell how its seeds spread.
A science experiment video with a free worksheet and answer key for teachers
About the video
In the video a Father's Day card is made with a lion whose mane is printed with dandelions. At home your child draws a 6 cm circle on yellow card, makes 10 dandelion prints in orange paint around it, adds a face and writes a message inside.
A dandelion has roots, a stem, leaves and a yellow head that is really many tiny flowers. Later the head becomes a white puff ball, and the wind carries each seed away on a tiny parachute to grow a new dandelion.
What your child learns
- Name the root, stem, leaf and flower of a dandelion
- Put the steps from flower to seed in order
- Count the parts on the lion card
What's on the worksheet
- 1Predict first
- 2Count your lion
- 3The science behind it
- 4From flower to seed
- 5Parts of a dandelion
- 6True or false
- 7Print math
- 8Draw a dandelion
You need
1 sheet of yellow card folded in half, 6 dandelion flowers, 1 small plate with 2 spoons of orange paint, 1 black crayon.
Safety
Pick flowers only where you are allowed. Do not eat them. Wash your hands after.
Tip for the adult
Pick a white puff ball together and let your child blow the seeds, then talk about where the wind takes them.
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