Step into the colorful world of flowers with this hands-on, outdoor-focused 5-week unit study from Barefoot University! Designed for young naturalists, this curriculum blends science, creativity, and exploration to help kids understand how flowers grow, adapt, attract pollinators, support ecosystems, and connect to human culture.

Learners will dissect seeds and blossoms, observe pollinators, practice safe foraging, create botanical art, make natural dyes and salves, and map ecosystem connections all while deepening their relationship with nature.

Perfect for homeschool families, forest school groups, micro-schools, and nature-loving learners.

Included Provided Materials:
 Flower Pot – For planting, observing seed growth, and hands-on experiments
 Pennant – For Hapa Zome (flower hammering) art
Foraging Bag – For safe and respectful outdoor collecting

Inside the 5-Week Unit:
Seed dissection, germination, and dispersal experiments
Flower anatomy labs & pollination studies
Foraging pledge + edible flower ID walk
Botanical art: pressed flowers, Hapa Zome, natural dyes
Simple herbal salve-making
Ecosystem mapping & cultural flower folklore
Daily lesson plan and recommended books/videos
Observation journal prompts

Full of color, curiosity, and creativity, this unit transforms flowers from “pretty things to admire” into purposeful, living structures bursting with science and story.