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The Peanut Wizard

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Peanuts inspire this lesson about George Washington Carver, called The Peanut Wizard in the included informational text. Class members read about peanuts and George Washington Carver and create a timeline of his life. In addition, pupils...
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Handout
Curated OER

Dandelion Facts- Reading and Writing Worksheet Packet

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this set of worksheets about dandelions, students read the definition and 10 pages of facts about the common weed. They look at pictures that are related to the facts.
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Lesson Plan
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Bean There, Done Plant

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explain that events in nature follow an orderly progression when they plant seeds and observe the development of the seeds. They count seeds and find the likenesses and the differences of many seeds.
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Lesson Plan
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Leaf Unit

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a unit on leaves and their functions. They identify leaves and the trees they belong to, read various books, observe the process of photosynthesis on a flannel board, and create a leaf collage.
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Lesson Plan
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Plant Galls

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study what a plant gall is and the different types that there are.  In this plant instructional activity students examine what causes galls and how to prevent them.
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Planting the Seed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students plant their seeds and collect and organize their own materials for planting. They also set up their planters with wicks, fertilizer, potting mix, and seeds. Finally, students write their names on planter markers with a ball...
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Worksheet
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Create a Plant

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this gardening worksheet, students draw a plant on a poster board, cutting out pictures of vegetables from magazines and gluing them on the leaves of their drawn plant in the proper places: stem vegetables, fruit vegetables and seed...
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Lesson Plan
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Birth, Growth, And Development

For Teachers K - 5th
Students understand that all living things have a life cycle that includes being born, developing into an adult, reproducing, and eventually dying.
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Vegetable Twister

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners review vegetables and their nutrient values and production. In this vegetable production worksheet, students read information about the nutrients in vegetables and how they are grown. Learners participate in a game of Twister to...
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Lesson Plan
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Goobers. Goobers? Goobers!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students begin the activity by noting the many ways in which to use peanuts. In groups, they use the internet to research the work of George Washington Carver. They discover the allergies and nutritional information of the peanut and...
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Lesson Plan
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Field Trip to San Bruno

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students contrast a weedy annual grassland of introduced species with an undisturbed, ancient plant community of native bunchgrasses and wildflowers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Growing With Compost

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners discuss the positives and negatives of composting. They plant their own plant using composting material and record results. They create a poster for the classroom.
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Parasitic Flowering Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
The ecology and natural history of plants that live at the expense of other organisms is described in detail at this site from the Palomar College. Great material for a report or presentation.
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eBook
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Flower and Tree Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the reproduction chapter from an online text, courtesy of the Forest Biology Department of Virginia Tech. Learn about trees, their flowers, and other details of their reproductive cycle.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Iceland: Plants: What Parts Do Plants Have?

For Students K - 1st
Explore Benny's garden, and he will show how plants and trees are built. Join him to to learn about basic plant parts.
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Website
Other

Parts of Plants

For Students 6th - 8th
Each part of a plant has a very important function. All plants produce flowers for the same reason: to make seeds so another plant can grow.
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Website
Other

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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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: How Plants Work

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the different parts of a plant: the leaves, stem, roots, and flowers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
Other

Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Biological Science

For Students 9th - 10th
All about plants has information on plant parts--seeds, flowers, fruits, roots, and spores--and plant processes--seed dispersal, germination, pollination, and photosynthesis. You can also take a tour of this Los Angeles-based...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Plants: Identifing the Plant Parts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, First grade students will learn about roots, stems, flowers, and seeds. They will also have the chance to view a streamline video about plant parts.
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Plants and Animals

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson plan, young young scholars will be able to identify a plant's parts, explain their functions, diagram a plant, and create a mobile to demonstrate their understanding.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Plant Life

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains what resources plants need to grow, the parts of a plant, a word search, and questions to use with the Activotes.
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Handout
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Biology of Plants: Plant Parts

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the basic parts of a plant and their jobs.
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Handout
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: El Reino Vegetal

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson you will learn to understand better the different plants in your environment, its characteristics and its presence in our daily lives. Learn how important the plants are for the survival of all ecosystems in the world and...