Scholastic
Study Jams! Mosses and Ferns
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...
Curated OER
Log Hotel
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...
Curated OER
Ferns and Clubmosses
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.
Curated OER
Seedless Plants- Ferns- Enrichment Worksheet
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.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: Mosses and Ferns
Learn about mosses and ferns through slideshows and quiz found on this interactive site.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Maricopa Community College: Nonvascular Plants and Nonseed Vascular Plants
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,...
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
Cartage.org: Nonvascular Plants and Nonseed Vascular Plants
This detailed resource focuses on tracheophytes, psilophytes pslophytes, lycophytes, equisetophytes, and ferns. Charts, drawings, and pictures supplement the text.
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...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Ferns
Comprehensive overview of ferns features facts on history, species, characteristics, reproduction, and diversity.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Plants
RCN offers information about plants, including the evolution and classification of different groups.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: Tracheophytes
This resource discusses the specialized cells that plants have for transporting water and then provides a nice table and plant group information.
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University: Pterophyta (Ferns)
A short summary of fern structure and life cycle. Useful as a brief introduction or quick exam reviews.
University of California
University of California, Berkeley: Cal Photos: Plants
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.
Other
Coastal Zone: Plant Evolution
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.
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.
Natural History Museum
An Introduction to Ferns
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...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: Mosses and Ferns
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of mosses and ferns, and how they reproduce.
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."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Plant Reproduction: Lesson 2
This lesson will provide an overview of plant reproduction.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Ferns and Horsetails First Plants With Pipes
Brief informational text highlighting the first vascular plants on earth, the ferns and horsetails.
Other
Backyard Nature: Ferns
Site highlights the backyard fern. Discover why they are such interesting plants.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Vascular Seedless Plants
[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...