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The Cell Cycle and Mitosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What a packed lesson! Provide your class with the opportunity to learn about the cell cycle in several exciting ways. Biologists first learn about the theory behind mitosis, then proceed to view onion tips under the microscope and create...
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Botany: Rice Plant - Second Phase

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make drawings that show the growth of the rice plant in the reproductive phase. In this rice plant lesson plan, 3rd graders read about the second phase of the rice plant, and then draw pictures and label them.
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Botany: Rice Plant Development

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students determine what occurs in the final stages of the development of a rice plant. In this rice plant development lesson, students use the associated study guide to list the three stages in the ripening phase of rice development....
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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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Planting Phil's Garden

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars study how to care for plants. In this plant care instructional activity, students observe a plant care demonstration and examine flowers using their senses. They listen to Janet Wakefield's, What If Everybody Gave? They...
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Planting Phil's Garden

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners explore gardening. In this agriculture lesson, students plan and plant seeds according to the procedure modeled by a "master gardener." Flowers are distributed at a local retirement home.
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Forest Succession

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research environmental change and why forests cannot stay the same for long.  In this environmental growth lesson, students discuss the life cycle of a tree and examine tree cookies to discover the age of these specimens....
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Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
What does it mean to grow? To germinate? For the plan detailed here, class members investigate the growth process of an oak tree while focusing on the beginning stages of planting and germination. They plant seeds and record observations...
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Soggy Seeds

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students conduct experiments to learn about seed germination. In this seed germination instructional activity, students write a hypothesis for the seed experiment. students complete the experiment for seed germination and graph the data...
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The Wheat Plant

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students sequence stages in the life of a wheat plant. They identify the six main parts of the wheat plant. They plant some kernels of wheat in the classroom so students can watch the growth and development. They record the plant's...
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Plant Lifecycles

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine the life cycle of plants. In this plants lesson, students identify the various stages of plants and their parts. Students compare the life cycle of a plant with that of an animal. Activities suggested can be modified for...
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Discussing How Plants Grow

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Study how plants grow with your English language learners with a cross-curricular lesson revolving around pumpkins. These activities provide opportunities to practice new scientific vocabulary while practicing skills such as estimating...
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Quiz Questions - Cells

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this cells worksheet, students read and choose the multiple choice answers to 20 questions involving cells, microscopes, and the life process of Growth.
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Plant, Point and Record the Life Cycles of Plants

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine the life cycle of plants. Individually, they are given a digital camera in which they take pictures of plants in the various stages of the life cycle. To end the lesson, they plant their own flower bed in the classroom...
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Day 5 - Science Plants - germination - growth- What plants do we need to survive?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students look at the crops of the settlers. For this crop lesson, students discuss why each crop was important to the settlers and how they used it. They plant seeds and track and observe the growth. 
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Crops of Saskatchewan

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students research one of the commercial crops grown in Saskatchewan. In this agriculture lesson, students discover locations, characteristics, common problems, and biotechnological developments related to the crops of Saskatchewan.
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Bean There, Done Plant

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils explain that events in nature follow an orderly progression when they plant seeds and observe the development of the seeds. They count seeds and find the likenesses and the differences of many seeds.
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Seed Surprises

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate seeds and their growth. In this agriculture lesson, students read the book How a Seed Grows and discuss the seed cycle. Students examine real seeds and identify their properties. Students create a set of sequencing...
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Raising Plants

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars investigate the life cycle of plants by growing their own in class.  In this botany lesson, students practice using plant vocabulary while they grow their own Wisconsin Fast Plants.  Young scholars collaboratively build a...
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I Need Some Help Here!

For Teachers 1st
First graders describe what help seeds need to grow, including light, water, good soil, and warmth, observe and discuss what happens when seeds do not have help, and state similarities and differences among seed growth.
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Designing a Germination Experiment - Part 1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experiment with seeds and germination. In this natural science lesson, students discuss the stages of germination. Students engage in a 4 part hands on science activity to view the process of germination.
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Studying Plant Development Through Metabolic Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A hands-on activity which allows students to learn about cellular respiration. This lesson contains a range of investigations testing the rates of cellular respiration to demonstrate the relationship between metabolic rates of...
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A Rain Garden Year

For Teachers K - 12th
Pupils become plants in an interpretive play that depicts what happens throughout the seasons in a rain garden. As you narrate, students bloom, flower, and go to seed accordingly. The lesson is first in a series of lessons written for...
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Flowers, Pods, and Seeds

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars gain an understanding of living organisms. the complete a plant growth data log to chart plant growth and to make observations, predictions, and personal reflections.

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