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Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Experiments in Tea Dyeing [Pdf]
An investigation for younger students to learn how plants were used in the past to dye cloth. Students will dye pieces of fabric using different types of teas and compare the results. Worksheets are included.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Weaving Cotton [Pdf]
A instructional activity exploring the different types of cotton and the many ways humans use it. Students will practice some basic weaving techniques.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Seeds, Soil, and Surprises
This site has excellent resources for teaching students about plants. It has a guide to scientific investigation and a glossary of plant terms. There are three lessons that each include a slideshow on the parts of a plant, the needs of...
Museum Network (UK)
Wallace Collection: Material World: Paint
Learn about the material composition of paints used by artists and where pigments that give paint its color come from. Emphasis is on natural pigments obtained from plants, animals, and minerals, rather than on paints created for...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Smelling Up a Storm [Pdf]
An investigation for younger students into the different scents that come from plants.
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Talking Textiles: How Are Textiles Made?
Interactive exploration of textiles and cloth derived from plants, animals, and petrochemicals.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Global Grocery
Did you ever wonder where tapioca pudding comes from? Did you know that cacao beans were once used as money? Learn about the human uses of plants (to make common foods and medicines) at the Global Grocery.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Humans and Plants
A short, historical review of humans' use of and dependency on plants.
Other
Importance of Plants and Plant Communities
Discover why plants are extremely important to humans. Resource provides an explanation of the important things they provide.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 7.8 Importance of Plants
Discover the importance of plants to the ecosystem nad to humans.
NASA
Nasa: Why Study Plants?
Good question. Author outlines many reasons why we should study plants and describes ways in which plants have had a tremendous effect on the human race.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Importance of Seedless Plants
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Seedless plants have been tremendously useful to humans. Without these plants evolving millions of years ago, life as we know it would be very different. Learn more...