University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Boyce Thompson Arboretum
This Arizona-based state park features current information about its wildlife, wildflowers, plants and trees, gardens, and the like. Illustrated.
Curated OER
Unesco: Iran: The Persian Garden
The property includes nine gardens in as many provinces. They exemplify the diversity of Persian garden designs that evolved and adapted to different climate conditions while retaining principles that have their roots in the times of...
The Franklin Institute
Missouri Botanical Garden: Ocean Facts
Click on all the links to find out many interesting facts about the ocean. Why is the ocean blue? Why is it salty? Where do most of the animals and plants live? Which ocean is the biggest? The deepest? How much of the Earth is covered by...
Colorado State University
Gardening & Horticulture in Denver: Gardening With Children
The section on plant projects for kids has lots of hands-on ideas for studying plant biology. Activities are included for stages from seed germination to growth. Geared more to the younger student.
Other
The Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens
The Centennial Museum is an academic support and outreach unit of the University of Texas at El Paso focusing on the natural history and the indigenous, colonial, pre-urban, and folk cultures of the border regions of the southwestern...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Giant Kelp
Learn about forests under the Pacific Ocean! Giant kelp is a forest under the ocean that is divided into layers based on the kind of animal life found there. Kelp is useful in making adhesives, dairy products, and pharmaceutical...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Ecology at Work
Students learn how rooftop gardens help the environment and the lives of people, especially in urban areas. They gain an understanding of how plants reduce the urban heat island effect, improve air quality, provide agriculture space,...
Other
Institute of Texan Cultures: Teaching Outside the Classroom: Growing Texas [Pdf]
A instructional activity unit on developing a classroom garden in Texas. Students must prepare a plan by analyzing the climate and which crops are best suited to their locale, how much sun their garden will get, which plants grow well...
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "Weslandia"
Here you will find websites on plants and ancient civilizations to enhance the book "Weslandia," by Paul Fleischman.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
Join teachers and students all over the country in observing the migratory patterns of birds and butterflies and the growth changes of plants as the climate changes. "Journey North" offers a wealth of resources to use as you investigate...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Biology of Plants: Plant Parts
Learn about the basic parts of a plant and their jobs.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Animals of the Desert
Learn about different types of animals that live in the desert biome such as the cactus wren, the desert lark, the dingo, the fat sand rat, the fennec fox, the Gila monster, and so on. Animal pictures and information is taken from the...
Other
Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Biological Science
All about plants has information on plant parts--seeds, flowers, fruits, roots, and spores--and plant processes--seed dispersal, germination, pollination, and photosynthesis. You can also take a tour of this Los Angeles-based...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Earthworm Castings: Soil for Young Garden Plants
Everybody knows that worms are good for the soil, but not everybody knows why. Here's a project that investigates just one of the ways earthworms improve the earth.
Other
Classroom Activities, Stories and Facts: Hydroponics
A list of stories, activities, facts and questions all pertaining to hydroponics. Includes information on building your own classroom hydroponic system.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Beauties and Wonders of Vegetable Life Religious Tract Soc.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Beauties and Wonders of Vegetable Life, or, Rambles in Parks, Forests, Conservatories, Orchards, Gardens, Fields, and Heaths by Religious Tract Society (1866), a...
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: Make Exploding Seed Balls!
Try this fun recipe for making and growing wildflowers right in your own garden.
Other
Planet Explorers
Celebrating plants and botanists, here find information on everything from photographic equipment, plant clubs, botanical gardens, seed sources, and a gallery where members can display their work. Read about famous botanists, or look for...
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Nature's Recyclers Coloring Book
Did you know that nature has its own clean-up crew and recycling staff? Yeah, there aremany plants and animals that help recycle natural materials in our environment. They take deadmaterials and turn them back into rich soil. Use this...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Hot Deserts of the World
Find out about the sizes, physical features, and plant and animal life of some of the world's great deserts, including the Arabian, the Great Sandy, the Chihuahuan, the Kalahari, the Mojave, the Sahara, the Sonoran, and the Thar deserts.
Read Works
Read Works: Pumpkin Time!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how a seed grows into a pumpkin. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Pumpkins Are Popping Up Everywhere!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text showing how pumpkins grow. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
The Reeves Reed Arboretum
This site contains information on the Reeves-Reed Arboretum located in Summit, New Jersey. The web page gives a detailed history of the garden as well as a brief summary of what plants the arboretum contains.