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Lesson Planet Article
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Growing Learners: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Investigating Plants and Flowers

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Engage young scientists in these inquiry-based lesson ideas to spring into learning about nature.
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Lesson Plan
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Dichotomous Key for Identifying Pine Trees

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify the species of pine trees that are found in their area. They use unlabeled "mystery" samples and a dichotomous key to identify the pine trees to species. After identification, they use a field guide to answer...
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Lesson Plan
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Touch and Feel Box

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate their sense of touch to help become more descriptive with their observations. In this sensory lesson plan, students reach inside a box to feel an object then guess what it is.  Students then use both senses of touch...
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Worksheet
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Tree Identification

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