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Flora of Europe: A Photographic Herbarium

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Flora of Europe gives a general description and photos for every type of vegetation found in Europe. It is very complete, but hard to navigate if you don't know the scientific name for the plant you're interested in.
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Texas A&M University

Texas a & M University: Information About Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from the Texas A & M University provides an alphabetical index to flowers.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Who Loves Flowers?

For Students K - 1st
A storybook about the beauty of flowers. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
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Royal Collection Trust (UK)

Royal Collection: Artist's Illustrations of Plants in English Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Royal Collection in London, this is a short biography and selection of floral illustrations that made up part of the 154 plate "Flower Book" by the gentelmen gardener Alexander Marshal (c.1620-1682).
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden located in Blacksburg. If you click on the link "Photographs" you will see how two different gardens were constructed. Click on "What's Blooming" and get a beautiful...
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Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Angiosperms First Plants With Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
This engaging article on angiosperms offers good descriptions and background on these seed bearing plants. Learn about their characteristics and what makes these plants different from gymnosperms.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Botany Online: Features of Flowering Plants: Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
Site details the parts of the flower as well as provides links to terms such as seed, calyx, corolla and many more.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Investigating the Structure of the Flower

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This lesson plan has students make a model of a flower's structure using clay, toothpicks, and construction paper.
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The Charms of Duckweed (Smallest Flowering Plant)

For Students 9th - 10th
Have a fun learning experience as you read about the smallest flowering plant. Botanical facts, pictures, projects, and practical uses of the Duckweed plant are all part of this site.
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Anthophyta, Evolution & Diversity

For Students 9th - 10th
An online summary of the evolution of flowering plants at an advanced level. The text is supported by good illustrations and is followed by a quiz. This is a good review for exams.
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Nature's Partners: Pollinators, Plants, and You [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers will love this comprehensive Grades 3-6 curriculum on pollinators. There are six modules of detailed plans and accompanying materials. Pre-assessment activities and teacher background information, as well as supplemental...
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Dandelion Days

For Students K - 1st
Read about the life cycle of dandelions from their first appearance in the spring. Includes audio narration in 16 additional languages with text in English.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Illinois Natural History Survey: The Tallgrass Prairie

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Illinois Natural History Survey provides a large list of grassland plants of the Illinois Tallgrass Prairie - some 851 species. You can find out the common name, scientific name, habitat, flowering period, fruits, and...
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Grassland Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden explores some commonly asked questions about the prairie and prairie plants.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Plants Tell Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Morning glories unfurl their petals like clockwork in the early morning. A closing white waterlily signals that it's late afternoon. And moon flowers, as their name suggests, only bloom under the night sky. What gives plants this innate...
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Kumamoto University: Medicinal Plant Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the Medicinal Plant Garden located in Japan. The web page presents a list of all the plants the garden contains, and their pictures.

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