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Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Mosses and Ferns

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Mosses and ferns are some of the world's oldest types of plants. Here is a quality 10-slide presentation set to gentle background music for beginning botanists to view and enjoy. Accompanying captions explain that these are both...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Log Hotel

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify how the different plants and animals work together to cause the changes in the log. Students discuss the sequence of events in the life of the tree and log. Students plant a seed to take home and care for. Students...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ferns and Clubmosses

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ferns and clubmosses worksheet, students identify and write down, on the lines provided, the 8 different types of ferns and clubmosses on the worksheet.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Seedless Plants- Ferns- Enrichment Worksheet

For Students 10th - 11th
In this seedless plants enrichment worksheet, student read about the history of ferns, their habitat, size, and structure. They draw a fern and label its parts including the fronds, pinnae, sorus, and rhizome.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: Mosses and Ferns

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about mosses and ferns through slideshows and quiz found on this interactive site.
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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Maricopa Community College: Nonvascular Plants and Nonseed Vascular Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Very detailed outline describing several aspects of plant diversity, including vascular vs. nonvascular, evolutionary adaptations, homosporous and heterosporous life cycles, and specific information on some ancient species (Lycophytes,...
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Biodiversity: Fern

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what differentiates ferns from other plants, their physical characteristics, taxonomy, life cycle, how they evolved, and where they occur.
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Handout
Australian National Botanic Gardens

Native Ferns for Cool Climates

For Students 9th - 10th
Australian National Botanic Gardens' growing instructions for the listed ferns.
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Handout
Other

Cartage.org: Nonvascular Plants and Nonseed Vascular Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed resource focuses on tracheophytes, psilophytes pslophytes, lycophytes, equisetophytes, and ferns. Charts, drawings, and pictures supplement the text.
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Website
Other

American Fern Society

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Ferns

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive overview of ferns features facts on history, species, characteristics, reproduction, and diversity.
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
RCN offers information about plants, including the evolution and classification of different groups.
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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountain Community College: Tracheophytes

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource discusses the specialized cells that plants have for transporting water and then provides a nice table and plant group information.
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Handout
Ohio State University

The Ohio State University: Pterophyta (Ferns)

For Students 9th - 10th
A short summary of fern structure and life cycle. Useful as a brief introduction or quick exam reviews.
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Graphic
University of California

University of California, Berkeley: Cal Photos: Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Need a photo for a project, report, multimedia presentation on plants from around the world as well as California? Find fair use images of specific plants by searching with the scientific name, common name, or location.
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Whiteboard
Other

Coastal Zone: Plant Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A good slide show which covers the basics of plant evolution. Includes discussion of the major portions of what plants have done to adapt over the eons.
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Handout
Other

Byzantium: Ferns of the Canberra Region

For Students 9th - 10th
A site about ferns in southeastern Australia, their ecology, how to grow them, information on ferns in general, with numerous photographs.
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Handout
Natural History Museum

An Introduction to Ferns

For Students 9th - 10th
The British Pteridological Society presents information about the fern. Learn about the age of the fern,their habitat, and how they reproduce. This article is detailed but includes some good basic information that may be helpful for...
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: Mosses and Ferns

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of mosses and ferns, and how they reproduce.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Plant Kingdom: Ferns: Lesson 1

For Students 7th - 8th
This lesson will explain the characteristics and function of fern plants. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Plant Kingdom: Ferns."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Plant Reproduction: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will provide an overview of plant reproduction.
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Handout
Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Ferns and Horsetails First Plants With Pipes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Brief informational text highlighting the first vascular plants on earth, the ferns and horsetails.
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Handout
Other

Backyard Nature: Ferns

For Students 9th - 10th
Site highlights the backyard fern. Discover why they are such interesting plants.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Vascular Seedless Plants

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Vascular seedless plants have vascular tissue but do not have seeds. Most of the large vascular seedless plants from ancient times are now extinct, but their smaller...