Discover - Common Items that Come from Plants

You learned in the previous activity that plants are used to make common items.  This activity has you investigate further some items that come from plants.  Plants provide the staples for our daily diet.  Plants can be turned into compost and mulch.  Did you realize that plants could be used for so many things?

 Notebook: What common items come from plants?

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 Check Your Answers

Plant item that you use every day

What plant does this product come from?

What part of the plant is used to make this product?

paper

tree

trunk

wooden desks

tree

trunk

ruler

tree

trunk

balloons

rubber tree (or plant)

sap

rubber bands

rubber tree (or plant)

sap

cotton clothing

cotton plant

flower

decorative plants

Answers will vary.

Not applicable

pencils

cedar tree

trunk

cereal

Answers will vary: wheat, barley, corn, rice, oats

seed

gum

rubber tree

sap

Aboriginal Connection

Traditionally, First Nations and Inuit peoples used more than a thousand plant species. These provided food, medicine, and materials, and they had important roles in Aboriginal language, ritual, and story telling. Many species remain important in today's Aboriginal cultures. Visit the Canadian Encyclopedia website to read more about this.