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AP: Chapter 29 and 30: Plant Diversity
It's a jungle out there! That is because of the tremendous diversity among plants. In this AP biology assignment, botanists answer questions about plant evolution, diversity, and reproduction. They differentiate between monocots and...
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Seedless Plants
Journey through the world of seedless plants with this visually appealing PowerPoint. Physical characteristics of mosses, liverworts, ferns, horsetails, and club mosses are detailed in bullet-point fashion. If possible, have living...
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Introduction to Plant Reproduction
In this plant reproduction worksheet, students will label the 9 reproductive structures of moss and fern. Then students will complete 2 short answer questions based on the diagrams they labeled.
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Fern
In this literature worksheet, students, after reading the book, Charlotte's Web, draw a picture of Fern, write a word that describes her (adjectives) on each line around the box and then write a sentence describing her personality.
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Seedless Vascular Plants
For this fern and gymnosperm worksheet, students will study a diagram of the life cycle of a lycophyte and then correctly order four life cycle statements. Then students will complete two true or false statements about fertilization of...
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Where The Blue Fern Grows
Students discuss ancient plants and their adaption in the world. Students review forms of plant propagation. Given proper supplies and directions, students apply a variety of fern spores to peat pellets, monitor the growth, and...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Biodiversity: Fern
Explains what differentiates ferns from other plants, their physical characteristics, taxonomy, life cycle, how they evolved, and where they occur.
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Native Ferns for Cool Climates
Australian National Botanic Gardens' growing instructions for the listed ferns.
Other
American Fern Society
Visit this site for information on the history and ecology of ferns. How many species of ferns exist today? What is the primary means of reproduction in ferns? Provided are the answers to these questions and more about the history and...
Museum of Science
Mo S: Image Gallery of the Scanning Electron Microscope
At this resource you'll find everything from a mosquito head to a fly foot, from a dentist's drill to toilet paper! These and just about everything in between as seen through a scanning electron microscope.
Other
Byzantium: Ferns of the Canberra Region
A site about ferns in southeastern Australia, their ecology, how to grow them, information on ferns in general, with numerous photographs.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Plant Kingdom: Ferns: Lesson 1
This lesson will explain the characteristics and function of fern plants. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Plant Kingdom: Ferns."
Other
Backyard Nature: Ferns
Site highlights the backyard fern. Discover why they are such interesting plants.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Plant Kingdom: Ferns
An illustrated introduction to seedless, vascular plants which reproduce by spores called ferns.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 7.6 Vascular Plants
Learn the structure and function of vascular plants.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 7.7 Life Cycle of Seedless Vascular Plants
Discover the life cycle of seedless vascular plants.
Other
Plant Fossils of West Virginia
Has great diagrams of plant fossils as well as some general information on prehistoric plants.
Other
Fossil Fun: Plant Fossils
A brief site that explains how plant fossils let us know what the weather and temperature was long ago. Text is supplemented with photographs.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Plant Kingdom: Ferns: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain the characteristics and function of fern plants. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Plant Kingdom: Ferns."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Plant Kingdom: Ferns: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain the characteristics and function of fern plants. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Plant Kingdom: Ferns."
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Fern
The sun tries to squeeze through the gaps in this majestic fern.