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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Plant Classification

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Do all plants grow from seeds? No, there are actually a few plants that do not make seeds. Whether or not a plant makes seeds is one criteria used to classify...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 17.4 Plant Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the diversity of plants.
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Other

Nasa: The Case of the Prize Winning Plants [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This program uses a scenario with fictional detective characters to present plant growth to students. While the unit focuses on the basic needs and parts of plants, the topics of plant classification and adaptations, soil formation and...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Plant Kingdom Study Guide

For Students 4th - 9th
Explore the diversity and taxonomy of the plant kingdom.
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Lesson Plan
South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Lesson: Plant Investigations

For Teachers 4th
In groups, have students research and present plants that are on their plate. These plants can be a combination of all of their cultures or students can pick one culture to research and present on. Students will need to classify that...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Plant Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares nonvascular and vascular plants.
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Interactive
Other

Alice Ferguson Foundation: Bridging the Watershed: Plant Identification

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive guide to identify plants based on their leaves. For each step, you are given two choices, and you continue down the branches until you discover a plant's name.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Plant and Animal Communities

For Teachers 2nd
Learn about the six main classes of the animal kingdom.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Classification of Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify and understand the system used to classify plants and the difference between vascular and nonvascular plants.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Plant Classification

For Teachers 5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews how plants are classified by showing pictures and examples of the different classifications. Students have a chance to demonstrate their understanding using Activote questions.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Identifying Plant Family Characteristics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners make observations of similarities and differences between three types of garden plants to determine why they are grouped together in one plant family.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Kind of Plant Is It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson provides a fun way for students to learn to classify plants as vascular and nonvascular. Students will use drawing software to create pictures of vascular and nonvascular plants.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Fungi Classification

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Scientists used to think that fungi were members of the plant kingdom. They thought this because fungi had several similarities to plants. However, there are a...
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
RCN offers information about plants, including the evolution and classification of different groups.
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Website
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Biodiversity: Nonvascular & Nonseed Vascular Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs, informative tables, and illustrated diagrams help explain the diversity of the plant kingdom in this college-level textbook.
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Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Biotic Factors [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A lesson plan in which learners explore plant communities and observe and classify different types of vegetation. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web links, a vocabulary glossary, and handouts.
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Handout
Other

Plant Explorers: Dr. Daniel Carl Solander (1733 1782)

For Students 9th - 10th
Profile of Dr. Daniel Carl Solander, a close friend and colleague of Joseph Banks. Solander was an eighteenth-century Swedish botanist and explorer who traveled the world collecting plant specimens for classification.
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Lesson Plan
Science & Plants for Schools

Science & Plants for Schools: Teaching Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of teaching resources to help students explore plants! Resources investigate anatomy of plants, reproduction and life cycles, fruits, seeds, classification, photosynthesis, factors that affect plant growth, and respiration....
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: New Kingdoms

For Students 9th - 10th
Between 1866 and 1977, a total of four new kingdoms were added to the original plant and animal kingdoms identified by Linnaeus. The new kingdoms include Protista (protists), Fungi, Monera (eubacteria), and Archaea (archaebacteria)....
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Handout
The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Living Things Families

For Students 9th - 10th
What do centipedes and crabs have in common? What's so special about a backbone? Check this site out from The Franklin Institute if you are interested in biology and classification.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Botany Scavenger Hunt Where's the Ginkgo?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a science nature journal to log in plants native to Alabama. They sketch pictures of leaves, identify the special characteristics of the plant, and describe the environment where it was found. They also research special...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Organization of Living Things

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When you see an organism that you have never seen before, you probably put it into a group without even thinking. If it is green and leafy, you probably call it a...
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Handout
Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: The Top Four Kingdoms

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about the four most familiar kingdoms: fungi, plant, animal, and protist.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the crafts that the African American culture exported from native African lands, basketry and cultivation of rice. With the lessons provided in the downloadable document, students will weave together history, geography, social...

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