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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Flowering Plant Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses asexual and sexual reproduction in flowering plants, the parts of a flower, how pollination takes place, fertilization, and seed development.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Life Cycle of Angiosperms

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the characteristics of angiosperms, or flowering plants, the parts of the flower involved in reproduction, pollination, fertilization, and the production of fruit and seeds.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Lifecycle of a Plant

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the life cycle of a plant as it develops from a seed into a seedling, grows into a mature plant, develops flower buds, goes through pollination and double fertilization, and produces seeds.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what the parts of a flowering plant are and how the plant develops from a seed. Discusses fertilization through pollination, the formation of the endosperm and fruit, and the repetition of the life cycle all over again when the...
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Reproduction in Plants

For Students 2nd - 8th
Discusses reproduction in plants either sexual or asexual and describes reproduction parts and pollination.
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Plants

For Teachers K - 1st
The Discovery Channel provides numerous lesson plans dealing with plants. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Chestnut Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
This annotated slideshow adapted from KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest illustrates how blight decimated the American chestnut tree and the methods scientists use to identify and pollinate the remaining trees to create...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Mendel's Pea Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A breakdown of biologist Gregor Mendel's genetic experiments with pea plants to clarify controlling self and cross pollination.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Teachers:engineer a Crop

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare the traditional method of selective breeding with transgenic methods. Interactive activities on this site include breeding the largest ear of corn possible and engineering a "super crop".
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Website
Other

Ny Botanical Garden: Fungal and Plant Diversity

For Students 9th - 10th
Findings of an expedition by the New York Botanical Garden in French Guiana to investigate vegetation.
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Hummingbird

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides detailed information on the hummingbird, as well as several vivid photos and a video.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson investigating the decreasing population of the US honeybee population. There is a video that explores possible causes and the effect this decrease has on our environment. After the video, the students can test their knowledge...
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Curated OER

Flower

For Students 3rd - 8th
This colorful site focuses specifically on the role of the flower, an explanation of pollination, and the difference between dicots and monocots.
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Interactive
Education Development Center

Education Development Center, Inc: Weblabs: Mendel

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore the genetics of plants discovered by Gregor Mendel in the nineteenth century. These interactives will walk users through the planting and growth of pea plants, possible combinations of plans to alter traits, predict the results...
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Flower Power: Ordering Decimals, Fractions & Percents

For Students 6th - 8th
In this game, you must put fractions, decimals, and percents in the correct order. These appear on the blooms of a flower stem, which at full growth, have seven blooms. When these are in the correct sequence, you can harvest the flower,...
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Other

Orchids Asia: Introduction to Orchids

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the delicate flower called the orchid. Discover how they are pollinated. How do you breed varieties of orchids? How much water do you give orchids? Find out here!
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Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Some Genes Are Dominant

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the principle of dominance as you watch animations showing Mendel's experiments with pea plants. Find out what happened when he crossed plants that produced green seeds with those that produced yellow seeds.
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Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genetic Inheritance Follows Certain Rules

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what happened when Mendel crossed two hybrid pea plants. The animations do a good job explaining why these crosses produce a 3:1 ratio of traits.
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Online Course
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Plant Biology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A webpage for a course on plant biology for non-science majors. The course covers how plants function, diversity among plants, and the roles of plants in the environment. Site includes lectures, a plant project, and a sample exam.
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Mendels' Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Palomar College provides a good background on exactly what Mendel did. Vocabulary links throughout make this a very good introduction article for genetics.
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Handout
University of Hamburg

University of Hamburg: Deviations From Mendelian Laws And: What Is the Meaning of Dominance?

For Students 9th - 10th
Upper level discussion of several of Mendel's experiments and laws.
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Website
PBS

Idaho Ptv: Science Trek: Bees

For Students 3rd - 5th
A comprehensive overview of bees. Includes three videos: a half-hour show, a video short, and a short video where an expert answers children's questions. Other features of the site include facts, links, games and activities, a reading...
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Interactive
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Plantenstein Is the Suspect!

For Students 3rd - 5th
Detective Le Plant has discovered that one plant can produce many other plants. He needs you to help him find out how this happens. Follow along and learn about the parts of flowers and reproduction. Along the way, you will be quizzed!
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Activity
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Grassland Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden explores some commonly asked questions about the prairie and prairie plants.

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