Black History Olympian:George Washington Carver

What did George Washington Carver Do?

• George was a plant scientist. He worked at a college and also taught others the science of plants.

What do Plant Scientists Do?

Great scientists are very good at

observing

and recording.

In our book, Annie shows us how she observes and records information about plants (just like

George Washington Carver).

GUIDED PRACTICEToday you will create your own science

journals!

As a child, George loved to draw plants. Here is a plant with all the parts labeled – petal, bud, leaf, roots, and stems.

Let’s practice these parts of the flower two or three times.

Let’s practice together. Can you figure out the parts of this plant?

HintsThere are:-2 buds-a stem-leaf-roots-petals.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICELet’s take about 10 minutes to complete our

science journals. I’ll set the timer once everyone is seated.

CLOSINGHow many of you might want to be a

BOTANIST one day?

If someone asked you what a BOTANIST does, what would you tell them?