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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Roads & Plant Diversity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, collect and analyze samples of native grassland plants near and around a road to show how roads have an impact on surrounding habitat.
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Printables
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Growing Lemons & Counting Numbers

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Have your young gardeners practice their counting with a lemon tree that's missing its lemons and a flower that's missing its leaves. Included are the two plants and a set of 10 lemons, 10 leaves, and 10 numbers. See the materials tab...
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Lesson Plan
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The Seeds We Need

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners apply word analysis skills to recognize new words, identify genres of fiction and nonfiction, and identify important themes and topics. They explore differences in plants, flowers, and vegetables. A book bag full of activities...
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Worksheet
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Horticulture and Gardening

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this colorful packet, students engage in a variety of activities involving plants and seeds. After answering the 50 questions in the packet, learners can go on to delve into their own projects.
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Lesson Plan
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Pollen & Pollination

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars identify the different ways things are pollinated and how to manage pollen.  In this pollination lesson students complete an experiment on how moths pollinate flowers.
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Lesson Plan
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Sorting Things Out

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Written to examine seeds that grow in Kansas, you can adapt this instructional activity to anywhere you live. Learners sort a mixture of five different seeds to by any characteristic of their choice. When your budding scientists are...
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Lesson Plan
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Buzzy, Buzzy Bee

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students simulate honeybees pollinating flowers. In this pollination lesson, students role-play the process of pollination over the course of several seasons. Students graph results and share their graphs with the class.
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Lesson Plan
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Plant Growth & Development

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners share what they know about plants and discuss what else they would like to know. The teacher evaluates students' prior knowledge of plants to inform future instruction. Learners practice observation and prediction skills.
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Worksheet
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Subject-Verb Agreement - LEE & ELL

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ELL grammar activity, students enhance their understanding of subject and verb agreement by choosing the best verb form to complete each sentence.
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Worksheet
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Problems Involving AND & OR

For Students 8th - 9th
In this probability worksheet, students solve 10 different problems that include the word and or or. First, they determine the probability that the value of a roll will be a multiple of 5 or 11. Then, students determine the probability...
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Lesson Plan
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Grow Your Character Bookmarks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students make bookmarks out of seed paper to study the growth of seeds and complete an activity for the Six Pillars of Character. In this science and character lesson, students describe the stages of growth of plants and determine what...
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Graphic
Science & Plants for Schools

Science & Plants for Schools: Parts of a Flower

For Students 4th - 9th
A detailed look at the parts of a plant and how plants reproduce.
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Website
Texas A&M University

Texas a & M University: Information About Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from the Texas A & M University provides an alphabetical index to flowers.
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Handout
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Anthophyta, Evolution & Diversity

For Students 9th - 10th
An online summary of the evolution of flowering plants at an advanced level. The text is supported by good illustrations and is followed by a quiz. This is a good review for exams.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Flowering Plants: Keys to Evolution & Human Well Being

For Students 9th - 10th
Plants give us insight into the past, sustain the present, and prepare for the future. Peruse the article to appreciate the value of angiosperms.