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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Taiga Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this site from the Missouri Botanical Garden, you can learn about conifers, needles and the taiga in the fall. Click on the pictures to view a larger version.
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Denver Botanic Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents information on the Denver Botanic Gardens in Colorado. There are five different gardens within the larger structure, they are: the plant collections, the chatfield arboretum, the japanese garden, the tropical botanica,...
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Creating a School Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use this comprehensive site to create a garden at your school. Topics include: school gardening at a glance, cost estimate worksheet, design: using student ideas, and more.
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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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Idaho State University

Idaho Museum of Natural History: Guide to the Plants of Idaho State Arboretum

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes the different plants of the Idaho State Arboretum in Pocatello. Users are provided with a picture and a description of every plant in the arboretum. You can click on the pictures for a larger view.
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Why Is an Apple Like a Suitcase? [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A mini-unit on fruits and seeds for younger young scholars. Students will learn that fruit is like a suitcase for seeds, and that together they help plants to reproduce. Includes ELL suggestions, extension activities, and worksheets.
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Ny Botanical Garden: Fungal and Plant Diversity

For Students 9th - 10th
Findings of an expedition by the New York Botanical Garden in French Guiana to investigate vegetation.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Vikings: How Do Plants Grow?

For Students K - 1st
Olaf the viking is learning about the life cycle of plants. Help him tend to his garden as he learns.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Three Sisters Soup

For Students 1st - 2nd
Read about how the three sisters - beans, corn, and squash - act as companion plants to support each other's growth. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
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Montreal Botanical Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents information on the Montreal Botanical Garden in Quebec, Canada. The site contains general information about the Garden. Also on the site is information about various gardens and greenhouses of the Botanical Garden,...
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Works Everywhere: Pollinator Garden Tip Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
Certain creatures help pollinate plants. This guide will help gardeners plant good pollinator plants.
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Works Everywhere: Native Habitat Garden Tip Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
All regions grow special plants naturally which attract specific creatures. This tip sheet will help guide planters to selecting native plants for an area.
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Bird Friendly Gardening

For Students 9th - 10th
Would you like to attract birds to your backyard? Look here to learn how to create an inviting garden for birds.
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City of Austin: Watershed Protection Office: Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides guidance for what plants will survive the best in the Texas environment, and how to grow and protect them. There is information about native and adapted plants, invasive plant species, plants resistant to deer, backyard ponds,...
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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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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Needs of Plants

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Each student will make his/her own mini-garden and will observe the growth and development of radishes. To help students learn about requirements for plant growth, the teacher will make four experimental gardens and place them in...
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Staten Island Children's Museum

Staten Island Children's Museum: Garden Terrace

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Fun family project relating to plants and seeds.
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Read Works

Read Works: Carl's Garden Problem

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Carl who wants to plant a garden. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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The Rspb: A to Z of a Wildlife Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the steps to making a good wildlife garden that attracts all types of wildlife.
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Brooklyn Botanical Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the Brooklyn Botanical Garden located in New York. If you click on the link "Visiting," and then on the link "Explore the Garden," you can view any area of the garden. The pictures on the tour are...
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Texas A&M University

Tamu: Aggie Horticulture: School Gardens

For Students 3rd - 5th
Teachers and students interested in finding information on how to start a garden in their school will find this site very helpful. This site, sponsored by the Department of Horticulture Sciences at Texas A&M University, includes a...
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Texas A&M University

Kinder Garden

For Students Pre-K - 1st
There are many opportunities available for younger students to get involved with plants, gardens, and the outdoors in general. Some of these opportunities include children's programs at school gardens, botanic gardens or community...
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Botanical Garden at Gottingen

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the Botanical Garden at Gottingen University located in Germany. If you click on the sub-heading "Subjects and History",an English text will come up presenting further details on the garden.
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Landscaping With Native Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
What is a native plant? Why should I use native plants? Which plants will attract birds and butterflies? These questions are answered and a number of important facts are discussed in the highly informative site.

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