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Flower Reproduction
Fifth graders examine the cycle of flower reproduction. They listen to a poem about a bee, observe and examine flowers in small groups, and develop a class KWL chart. Students then read about flower reproduction in their textbook, and...
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Get to The Root of It!
Students study a real plant to explore its parts. They discover the function of the plant parts which they diagram and label.
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How Are Plants Similar And Different?
Studetns create an index card database of different categories of plants such as bushes, trees, flowers, grasses and vegetables. They review the different parts of a plant and label pictures of plants on the database cards. They use the...
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Plants
One slide reviews the main plant parts and most of the remaining slides address seven plant processes of life. This is a different approach to introducing the life of a plant. Three tasks are assigned to viewers on the last slide, making...
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Flowering Plants
In this plants learning exercise, students name and locate the major organs of flowering plants. Then students color, cut and paste a flower model by following the directions given.
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Tutti Frutti
Get some competition going in your life science class. Give lab groups a variety of plant parts, all of them fruits, except one. Their mission is to make observations, compare and contrast, in order to be the first to identify the...
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Pollination-Plants and Flowers Lesson Plan
Students study the reproductive parts and pollination for a flower. In this pollination lesson plan, students dissect flowers to perform an investigation. Students also use tube socks to show how pollination works. A diagram is included.
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The Blossoming of Flower Power
Students explore the reproductive functions of flowers by participating in a flower dissection lab.
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Let's Learn About Plants!
Take your class on a nature walk around the school and have children assume the role of "Plant Hunter" as they go. The goal is to explore the different parts of a plant. They return to the classroom to discuss the parts that they saw and...
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Pollination
Third graders discuss pollination and how bees pollinate flowers. For this pollination lesson plan, 3rd graders draw the pollination process on a piece of paper.
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From Flower to Fruit
Pupils examine how flowers have essentially four parts. They learn both the male and female reproductive parts of the flower, then explore self-pollination and pollination by insects and other animals.
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The Structure of A Flower
Learners study the structure of flowers. In this biology lesson plan, students observe the structure of a flower and find out what function each of the structures serve.
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Sunflower Jigsaw
Young scholars recognize and name the main parts of a flower. In this life science lesson plan, the teacher leads a discussion about the parts of a plant, then students color and cut out the parts of a planet, then glue the parts...
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Leaves
In this biology worksheet, students write identify the different parts of a leaf shown in 5 different diagrams. They also complete 12 short answer questions after reading the information about leaves.
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What is a Flower?
In this flower worksheet, high schoolers use a diagram showing the different parts of a flower to complete 1 matching and 2 short answer questions.
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Dry Forest: Flowers
Students explore botany by examining diagrams. In this plant reproduction lesson, students define a list of plant vocabulary terms and identify plant anatomy from a diagram. Students complete several plant activity worksheets and study...
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Flowering Plants
In this flowering plants worksheet, students compare the structure and function of a tree trunk and a leaf. This worksheet has 1 true or false and 5 fill in the blank questions.
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Pollinator's Journey: Grades K-4
What's it like to migrate as a pollinator? Teachers provide direct instruction about the roles of pollinators such as butterflies on plants along with the threats they encounter. The class then acts out a story of the migration of bats...
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Pieced Flowers
Students practice making pieced flower blocks to be used on their quilts. As a class, they create simple and complicated templates to be used as a stand alone wall hanging. They share their creation with the class and receive...
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Pollination Station
Students investigate why and how bees pollinate flowers and other plants. They define pollination, and read and sing along with the song "Yo, i'm a Flower." Students examine a diagram of a flower, simulate bees pollinating flowers, and...
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Pollination
Students investigate pollination. In this plant biology instructional activity, students study a diagram of the reproductive parts of the flower and dissect and identify the parts of a real flower.
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Eat Your Plants
Students explore fruits and vegetables. In this fruits and vegetables lesson plan, students work in small groups investigating plant parts. Students discover that fruits and vegetables originate from different parts of plants.
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Explore: 1st Grade Plant Observation
First graders grow seeds in a mini terrarium. They compare the root systems, stems, leaves, and flowers of the different plants. They categorize the plants and discuss the basic functions of plant parts.
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Structure and Function of Bulbs, Corms and Rhizomes
Students explore the concept of philanthropy and why people give. They investigate the importance of the tulip to Holland and the tradition of giving flowers away. They begin to explore the life cycle of tulips and dissect a bulb to...