Curated OER
The Principles Of Composting
Students put items in a plastic bag and watch the effects of composting. While completing the experiment, students answer questions and ask permission to start their own compost pile at home.
Curated OER
Mud in the Water
Students build a soil erosion model to study the importance of soil conservation. They investigate how land forms from both constructive and destructive forces.
Curated OER
Monarch Egg
Students investigate the stages of the Monarch butterfly and its life cycle. In this butterfly life cycle lesson, students discuss when, where, and how the Monarch butterflies lay their eggs. After discussion, students participate in...
University of Maryland
Umbc/plant Growth and Development
A good description of the growth and changes in plants from the seed through the adult plant. College level discussion that includes the chemicals involved in the regulation of plant growth.
Other
American Phytopathological Society: Effect of Environment on Plant Growth
In this experiment, students investigate how changes in salinity, temperature, and water availability affect the growth of plants.
Indiana University
Indiana University: Plants in Motion
Plants grow and change on a time scale that is too slow for us to observe in real time. Time-lapse photography is a simple technique that allows us to see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living and...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Bending Plant Roots With Gravity
In this lesson, students investigate what effect changing the direction of gravity will have on the growth of a plant's roots. Includes detailed instructions, videos, background articles, etc.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Plant Science Inquiry: From Seed to Flower
After planting three flower seeds (same variety), students will observe changes and note details about how they grow by keeping a log book to record these changes over a period of 8-10 weeks.
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Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Mini Ecosystems [Pdf]
A lesson plan activity where young scholars create a terrarium inside a plastic bottle using a Venus Flytrap and other plants. They then observe growth and changes over time.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Promise of a Seed
In this lesson, students will plant seeds, record the changes, and connect the relationship of seeds to plants. This lesson should be taught at the beginning of plant unit.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in...
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Sunlight & Water
This activity teaches kids about variables by growing three different plants from seed and explains that variables are something that can be changed in an experiment.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Do Roots Grow When the Direction of Gravity Changes?
To start this experiment, you should bring all of your materials together on a flat work surface. The surface might get a little wet, so have some paper towels handy.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Tulip Gardens
Track tulip growth as the season changes from winter to spring. See how temperature, rainfall, and sunshine affect growth and help scientists look for patterns of climate change.
Utah Education Network
Uen: 1st Grade Act. 17: Observing Plants Through a Journal
This instructional activity engages students in learning about plant growth. Students will observe changes in a growing plant and then will write in their discovery journals to write observations and hypotheses about the plant growth....
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: From Seeds to Plants
In this primary unit on plants, learners use observational skills to compare and discuss the changes in plants. They identify plant parts, where seeds come from, and how they grow.