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Following The Sun
Learners investigate botany by conducting a plant growth experience. In this sunlight instructional activity, students utilize two potted flowers, depriving one of direct sunlight, and recording their growth process in science journals....
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Plants Alive! How Plants Grow and Move
Students explore how plants move in response to the environment. In this plant lesson, students engage in three different experiments to investigate how plants grow and move. Resources available in English and French.
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The Amazing Tomato
Students gain an understanding of where our food comes from. In this plant life lesson plan, students review what plants need for growth and how long it takes them to grow. Students research which plants it takes to make salsa. Students...
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Decaying Pumpkins
First graders discover life and death even in vegetables as they examine a dead pumpkin. In this plant life activity, 1st graders collect pumpkins after Halloween and examine the differences between a fresh pumpkin and a very old,...
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Plant Science: merit badge
In this plant science worksheet, students answer short answer questions about plant science. Students complete 7 questions to get their merit badge.
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Native Plants at School -- A Garden Landscape Project
In this native plants at school -- a garden landscape project worksheet, students design the landscape for a school garden by identifying native plants, creating a presentation and creating a plot plan within the budget. This page has...
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Plants and Animals
Students find common needs between plants and animals. In this plants and animals lesson students compare that both plants and animals need food and water. They also find the differences between plant and animal needs.
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Tops and Bottoms
First graders classify vegetables by which parts are edible. For this plant biology lesson, 1st graders are read Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens, participate in a discussion of which plant parts are edible in the story, then sort real...
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Bread Cells
Fifth graders examine plant and animal cells. In this plant and animal cell lesson, 5th graders define what cells are, label their parts, and describe how plant and animal cells are different. They observe cells at a number of web sites,...
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Learning the Parts of a Plant
First graders discover the anatomy of a plant by labeling a picture. In this botany lesson plan, 1st graders examine and dissect several real plants in class and define their different parts. Students utilize the Internet to view...
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Everything Grows
First graders read about the growth of living things. In this similiarities and differences lesson, 1st graders list things that are similiar and different about growing plants. Students then use a graphic organizer to list the...
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What is Cacao?
Students use the Internet to learn about the cacao plant. In this plants instructional activity, students complete a KWL chart on chocolate, learn about cocoa plants and discuss the parts of a plant. Students use the Internet to learn...
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All That Corn
Students observe and record data. In this plant growth lesson, students plant and grow corn. Students observe the growth of their corn and record their data. Students read corn recipes and select their favorite four recipes to write...
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Watch Me Grow
Students observe that plants need air, food, light, and water to survive. In this plant biology instructional activity, students observe the growth and development of two plants, one is the control plant and the other is denied either...
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Yum Yum: Making Vegetable Soup
Students investigate agriculture by reading a book. In this plant life lesson, students read the book Growing Vegetable Soup by Louis Ehlert, and examine the ingredients used in the book's soup. Students create an experimental,...
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The Living Environment
Students use a spoon, clothespin, scissors, and toothpicks to simulate how animals get food in their environment. In this environment lesson plan, students learn about the adaptations animals make in order to survive.
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Seeds! What is Inside; How does it Grow and Why is it Important?
Learners discover the importance of seeds in relationship to nature. For this plant growth lesson plan, students create a collection of seeds and discover the best type of environment to plant them. Learners plant their own wheat seeds...
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Plants Need Soil
Third graders identify what plants need to grow. In this agricultural lesson, 3rd graders read the book The Empty Pot and discuss the steps to take when planting a seed. Students plant a seed and water it each day. Students discuss their...
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The Great Pollinators
Students discover the reproductive parts of a plant. In this biology lesson, students identify and categorize several different plants they dissect in class. Students record their information using a data chart.
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Plants Vocabulary Maze
In this maze instructional activity, students read the clues, spell the words in order, and navigate through the maze from start to the red letter s. Students solve 15 clues.
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How Do Plants Grow?
Students investigate plant growth. In this plant growth lesson, students investigate what would happen to plants if they did not have water and sunlight. Students conduct experiments to determine what plants need. Students create a...
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Ecosystem Comparison
Fifth graders examine plants and animals in two ecosystems and compare them. In this ecosystem survival lesson plan, 5th graders compare and contrast a coral reef and kelp forest ecosystem. Students investigate the abiotic and biotic...
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Dig In - Grow your own grub
Students monitor the growth of a plant over several weeks. In this earth science lesson, students plant a courgette plant, take digital photos, and upload them to the BBC gallery. They turn their photos into live animation showing the...
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Making a Terrarium
Learners become familiar with the materials needed to build a terrarium. In this terrarium instructional activity, students create a terrarium in a bottle and observe how it grows and takes care of itself.