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Plant Reproduction

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students investigate seeds and plant life by creating a germination chamber.  In this botany lesson, students investigate the relationship between flowers and the fruit they produce while examining the structure of the flower. ...
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Understanding the Roots

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate the parts of a flower. In this earth science lesson, students read the book The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds and identify various plant parts. Learners construct a model of a flowering plant from various art supplies.
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Plant Science Chapter #1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It may not stand as a cohesive presentation, but individually you may find a use for these slides. One slide describes how civilization began once man learned to plant and harvest food. Another explores the population growth over time....
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Organizer
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Plants and People

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this earth science worksheet, students compare plants needs to what people need in order to grow. They complete a Venn Diagram listing the differences as well as the similarities.
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Plants

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this earth science activity, students identify plant characteristics and use them to respond to two questions. They name four things plants need to grow and then, draw a picture of what a plant might look like if it does not get the...
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The Twits - The House, the Tree and the Monkey Cage

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
A house with no windows and a garden full of stinging nettles make the perfect home for Mr. and Mrs. Twit. The seventh lesson plan in an 11-part unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl takes a closer look at the Twits'...
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PLANT LIFE CYCLES

For Teachers K - 5th
Student learns about the life cycle of plants by watching a time-lapse video. This activity provides students with further evidence that all living things grow and change as they progress through their life cycle.
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Ph-ocusing on Photosynthesis In and Out of the Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of photosynthesis. As a class, they brainstorm a list of what they already know about plants and individually grow a plant on their own in the classroom. They record their observations daily and...
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Plants Crossword

For Students 1st - 4th
In this plants worksheet, students solve a crossword puzzle. Students have a word bank to use and are given sentences as clues.
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Lettuce Us Be Different

For Teachers K - 5th
Students evaluate their differences, then look at differences in plants. In this class team building and life science lesson plan, the class play a game that focuses on similarities and differences in the group, then students plant three...
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Pumpkin Unit

For Teachers 1st
First graders create their own pumpkin stories on the computer.
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Worksheet
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Tree Identification

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this tree identification worksheet, students collect samples from different trees and identify them using the deciduous tree guide or the conifer key.
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All About Plants

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars identify plant needs. In this biology lesson, students watch All About Plants and then write a paragraph describing the various details about plants.
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A Study of Grasses on the American Prairie

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the ecology and impact of animal and human life as it relates to the environment of the Great Plains and its grasses. They compare types of grasses with a rainfall map to illustrate the effect of precipitation on...
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Mr. Potato

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners identify the nutrients found in potatoes and the process of growing a potato plant. They role-play the potato life cycle, view a flannel board story, plant grass seeds in potatoes, and play hot potato.
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PPT
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Plant Tissue Culture

For Teachers Higher Ed
The techniques of growing plant cells, tissues, and seeds are covered here. The main scientists working on theories and different developments through the decades of the 20th century have slides, and then specific details of the...
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Putting on Mass: Just how do Trees grow?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars articulate an explanation of photosynthesis. They identify problems they have with comprehension of how a plant gains mass. Students describe a historical experiment.
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Growing With Compost

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students 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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Radish Seed Garden

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the effects of overpopulation in an ecosystem while applying the scientific method. They discuss overpopulation and its meaning. Students as an organism competes for space in an overpopulated area. They plant...
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Growing a Winter Garden

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a planting story as read by their teacher. Using the text, they summarize the events and complete a KWL chart. They point to the vegetable after it was planted in the garden in the story. They practice using new...
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Explorit's Garden Quiz: How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Students 5th - 6th
For this plants worksheet, students complete a 6 question multiple choice quiz about gardening, plants and agriculture. This is an online interactive worksheet.
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Sun Seeking Plants

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate the story "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle. This story is used to introduce the children to the concept that seeds change and grow into plants when conditions in the environment including temperature, light, water and...
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Bean Plant Growth

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify, monitor, and analyze how seeds grow into plants and reproduce seeds at a quick rate. Students record the rate at which plants grow. Students identify what plants need in order to grow. Students share and discuss their...
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What Plants Need

For Teachers K
Students plant seeds in milk cartons, over the next two weeks, they watch the plants closely to see how they grow and change. They keep a photo journal to record the growth of the plant.

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