Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Oceans Alive: Jewels of the Sea
This site contains information on both animals and plants of the sea. View the large sea kelps and discover the animals that feed on the kelp.
Other
Kids World : Plant Nutrition
Plants need certain nutrients to grow well. Use this site to find out what plants need, how to care for them, how to read a fertilizer label, and do the fun activities, like a quiz, a puzzle and a coloring book.
Other
The Butterfly Web Site
This site features both scientific and common information about butterflies, including photos, butterfly clipart, and links related resources.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Botany
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this puzzle is Botany.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Dandelion
In this lesson plan learn the basics of dandelions and how the seeds travel. There are links provided to related books and activities.
Other
Kitchen Culture Kits, Inc.: Plant Tissue Culture
An excellent site for learning about plant tissue culture. Great visuals and easy to understand instructions. Lots of links to other good sources.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Does Soil Affect the P H of Water?
Did you know that soils can be alkaline, neutral, or acidic? Most plants grow best in soil near neutral pH, but some plants prefer slightly acidic and others slightly alkaline soil. What is the pH of the soil in your garden? What happens...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Many Seeds Do Different Types of Fruit Produce?
Do you like your strawberry jelly with or without the seeds? Are you glad to have a seed-free watermelon, or do you enjoy spitting the seeds into the garden? You might not like to find seeds in your fruit, but fruit is nature's way of...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Entomology: Pest Management
Article discussing the types of pests that can affect garden plants (insects, mites, disease, weeds), how to determine the problem, ways of dealing with it, and prevention strategies. It also looks briefly at pest management on a farm....
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Elephant Plant: Line Graphs and Mean
Many plants are sold in the garden center. But how many exactly?
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Giant Water Lilies
This photo shows a number of giant water lilies that are part of a wider garden. The giant water lilies stretch out across the surface of the water, blocking much of the light that would normally pierce the water surface. For more...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Lavender
This photo shows a bright lavender plant sitting in someone's garden.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Nasturtium Leaves
This photo shows a number of nasturtium leaves sitting in a garden.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Red Rose
This photo shows a beautiful red rose sitting amongst a garden.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Tropical Plant
A close up image of a tropical plant found in a botanical garden in Berlin, Germany.
Curated OER
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Flowers
Labeled diagram of common flowers in bloom.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: What's the Plan?
In this activity, students investigate area with nonstandard and standard units of measure. They work to plan a unique vegetable garden and calculate the costs of plants for the garden.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Identifying Plant Family Characteristics
Learners make observations of similarities and differences between three types of garden plants to determine why they are grouped together in one plant family.
Other
National Science Digital Library: Smile: Habitat Overcrowding
Experiment with crowd control in a garden. Students will test what happens to radish plants observing who survives, who gets the most food, water and sunlight.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Elephant Plant: Numbers to 100
Meet Akio and help him count all the beautiful plants in his garden.
Other
Horticultural Worker I
Learn about what horticultural workers do and the skills that are required to perform this work.
Curated OER
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Lawn Tractor
Labeled diagram of a lawn tractor.
Curated OER
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Peach in Cross Section
Cross section of a peach.