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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Plant Adaptations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of how plants have adapated to their environments.
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Website
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Biology of Plants: Plant Adaptations

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about how plants adapt to survive in different biomes. Includes a song, game, photos, and lesson plans.
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Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Mini Ecosystems [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson activity where students create a terrarium inside a plastic bottle using a Venus Flytrap and other plants. They then observe growth and changes over time.
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Handout
World Wildlife Fund for Nature

World Wildlife Fund: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Deserts

For Students 3rd - 5th
An overview of the climate conditions of deserts. Includes examples of plants and the adaptations that allow them to survive in the dry climate. Includes a link to information about animals that live in a desert habitat.
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Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Science Explorer: Taiga Biome: Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
As part of a virtual museum visit, this site offers a look at the plants of the Taiga Biome. Content includes a look at plant adaptations.
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Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Taiga

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find a great fact sheet on the taiga biome! Learn what the taiga is, where it's located, and the types of plants and animals that live there!
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade: Life Science: Plant Adaptations to Environmental Changes

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discuses how plants respond to changes in their environment and some special adaptations in plants.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Race for Life: Plant Adaptations

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This is an outdoors, hands-on activity. Create a short race course to engage students in physical activity while drawing comparisons to the plant kingdom. This activity serves as an introductory to the impact small changes can have on...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Plant Adaptations and Responses Study Guide

For Students 4th - 9th
See how plants have adapted to many different environments, including the water, the desert, and the air.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Plant Adaptations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of how plants have adapated to their environments.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Plants and Animals of the Tropical Rainforest Biome

For Students 4th - 7th
Describes the layers of a rainforest, adaptations plants have made, and animals that live there.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Freshwater Biome Plants

For Students 4th - 8th
Brief overview of types of freshwater biomes and the plants that live in them, as well as adaptations that plants have made in order to survive there.
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Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Floor: Biomes: Desert Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains information on desert plants and plant adaptations. Offers links to biomes, a biome summary, how to read a climograph and more!