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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Biodiversity: Fern

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what differentiates ferns from other plants, their physical characteristics, taxonomy, life cycle, how they evolved, and where they occur.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Gametophyte and Sporophyte

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains how the alternation of generations occurs in a plant's life cycle where sporophytes and gametophytes each play a role in plant reproduction.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Microbiology: Virus

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explaining what viruses are, their evolution, taxonomy, morphology, and replication. Also covers mechanisms by which viruses cause disease, how they can impact on plants, and the potential and real benefits we get from...
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Planting Seeds

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This simple lesson plan is designed to help young pupils be aware of how seeds sprout, and that seeds grow into plants.
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape Parts of a Seed

For Students 2nd - 6th
Help Detective Le Plant discover how a seed grows into a plant. Students will learn to describe a seed's structure and what's needed for seed growth.
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Mosses and Liverworts

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson on the classification of mosses and liverworts as well as the physical make up and similarities of the species.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Sprout Houses

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders will plant seeds and chart their growth.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Tree Mendous Plots [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
To teach students how to use collect and use real-life data, use this lesson to create, populate and analyze graphs to interpret data related to the growth of plants from seeds. The lesson then asks students to create a story about the...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Cameras See That Our Eyes Don't

For Students 9th - 10th
Our eyes are practically magical, but they cannot see everything. For instance, the naked eye cannot see the moment where all four of a horse's legs are in the air or the gradual life cycle of plants- but cameras can capture these...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Plant Kingdom: Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the nitrogen cycle as it relates to plant photosynthesis. Find out how plants obtain the nitrogen they need for life.
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Handout
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Bryophyta (Mosses)

For Students 9th - 10th
This general overview of mosses is concise, with good diagrams and illustrations. The text is written at a higher level, but the information to gain is worth taking some time.

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