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Curated OER

Circulatory and Respiratory Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are taken to a shady location and they seat in a large circle. They are given three questions each. Students research and answer the three questions. They summarize the circulatory and respiratory system and relate how they...
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Curated OER

Birth, Growth, And Development

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars understand that all living things have a life cycle that includes being born, developing into an adult, reproducing, and eventually dying.
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Curated OER

Planting the Seed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils plant their seeds and collect and organize their own materials for planting. They also set up their planters with wicks, fertilizer, potting mix, and seeds. Finally, students write their names on planter markers with a ball point...
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Curated OER

Thinning and Transplanting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and observe one plant per section in their quad and to transplant the surplus seedlings to empty quads and interpret why this is important. They then discuss the purpose of thinning and transplanting. Finally, students...
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Curated OER

The Lepidoptera Project

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students are introduced to Scientific Inquiry and discover how to design an experiment that answers critical questions using butterflies as the topic. They design experiments that compare the number of species of butterflies in a vacant,...
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Curated OER

Mitosis and Meiosis

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students model and differentiate between the processes of mitosis and meiosis. In partners, they use yarn and construction paper to create models for each of the phases of mitosis and meiosis then compare the chromosome numbers in each...
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Curated OER

Living Water

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils read an ancient Asian fairy tale. While visiting a local park, they collect both male and female seeds found in cones. They identify the type of trees they found the cones by and discuss what they are used for. In groups, they...
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Curated OER

Growing With Compost

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discuss the positives and negatives of composting. They plant their own plant using composting material and record results. They create a poster for the classroom.
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Curated OER

Technology In The Early Elementary Classroom

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the creation of the world and what was created on each specific day. They read the creation of the world from the Bible, watch a video, and sing a song about the Creator. Using Kid Pix software, 1st graders create...
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Curated OER

Spring Fling

For Teachers K
Students take part in a number of activities that center around a spring theme. They draw the steps to show process of growing seeds.
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Curated OER

Walk and Learn

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders take a nature walk on a nice sunny spring day. They discuss different things in nature. They write down observations in their notebook.
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Curated OER

Our Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a literature study that helps students to connect with some of the issues of conservation. They list parts of the environment that need protection with the help of a graphic organizer. Then students discuss in groups...
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Unit Plan
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Biology of Plants: Pollination

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the parts of a flower and how a plant gets pollinated. Includes video, songs, diagrams, and lesson plans.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Smithsonian Education presents a series of three lesson plans whose focus is plants and animals in their role as partners in pollination. Each lesson comes complete with clear learning objectives, materials list, subjects covered,...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Angiosperms Plants With Flowers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By using a hands-on activity,the students will learn about the Life Cycle of the Angiosperms. Students will learn about the female and male parts of a flower. This would be a great activity to follow a unit on reproduction in flowering...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Flowering Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the parts of a flower and the classification and evolution of flowering plants.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Jonathan Driori: The Beautiful Tricks of Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
In this brillant talk, Jonathan Drori shows the amazing ways flowering plants have evolved to attract pollinators and discusses how plants reproduce in a variety of ways. [13:49]
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abcteach

Abcteach: Science: Plants

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Generate comparison charts, crosswords, and journals for recording data on plants and plants processes. One can also find lesson plans and plant experiments, as well as flower and tree resources.
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Everything ESL

Everything Esl: Growing Flowers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A lesson for young ELL learners on how to grow flowers. Teachers will meet the ESL TESOL standards. Lots of resources included in this activity.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Plants Tell Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Morning glories unfurl their petals like clockwork in the early morning. A closing white waterlily signals that it's late afternoon. And moon flowers, as their name suggests, only bloom under the night sky. What gives plants this innate...
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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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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Pollination Parties

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This instructional activity helps students understand the concept of pollination. Objectives, materials, procedures, adaptations, discussion questions, evaluation, extensions, suggested readings, links, vocabulary, and academic standards...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Investigating the Structure of the Flower

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This lesson plan has students make a model of a flower's structure using clay, toothpicks, and construction paper.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Plants and Animals

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson plan, young young scholars will be able to identify a plant's parts, explain their functions, diagram a plant, and create a mobile to demonstrate their understanding.