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Spring Spiral Puzzle Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spring activity, students read and analyze 8 clues about spring. Students write their answers in a spiral word puzzle. There is no word bank.
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Celebration of Trees

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to various, grade appropriate stories about trees. They create their own construction paper trees and discuss the importance of trees to the ecosystem and the importance of taking care of them. Finally, 2nd graders...
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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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Plant Adaptations

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students identify parts of prairie plants. They sketch the plants indicating its adaptive parts and write brief descriptions of them. They present their findings to the class.
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Discovering Plants

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students construct a small greenhouse and plant lima beans. They read books about plants, tend the lima bean seedlings, observe and record plant growth, taste a variety of plants and maintain plant journals.
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Desert Plants

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this desert plants worksheet, students read five passages about desert plants and answer the five comprehension questions that follow each one.
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Plants 1: Plant Parents

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers review their prior knowledge on plants. In groups, they compare and contrast the difference between reproducing asexually and sexually. Using the internet, they research how some plants can be forced to produce asexually.
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Corn Harvest

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read Corn Belt Harvest and write sentences about corn's uses. They visit a cornfield and a grain elevator or have guest speakers come to class. They design posters about harvesting or processing corn into grain.
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Genetics

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this worksheet, students will answer 4 fill in the blank statements about Mendelian inheritance and meiosis. Then students will use Punnett squares to answer three short answer questions. Students will match 8 genetics vocabulary...
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How Does Your KinderGarden Grow

For Teachers K - 5th
Students find forecast and graph weather by using WeatherBug site, create flower books by using Wiggleworks, and plant radish seeds both on KidPix and in class garden.
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Preparing the Soil

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students read Seedfolks and discuss the characters in the story and consider their actions that led to a community garden. Students journal about their...
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Seasons--Spring

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
Learning about the seasons, and the vocabulary associated with it, are important for both elementary and ESL students. Using an attractive and varied format, this 20 question activity has students identify words related to spring, and...
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Plants

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science worksheet, learners investigate plants by first reading a paragraph of information. Students then choose a plant, illustrate and write about it.
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Earth Day

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, learners identify the words that relate to Earth Day by reading the 14 clues. Students complete the crossword puzzle with the clues.
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A Hidden Beauty

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Expose the beautiful mystery of bulbs as young botanists learn all about these fascinating plants. They glean information from a short text before observing actual bulbs (consider an onion), and comparing their findings with predictions....
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Pumpkins . . . Not Just Part of Halloween

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the pumpkin. In this pumpkin lesson, students participate in different activities that explain the history of pumpkins and how pumpkins develop and grow, read "The Great Pumpkin Story" and answer comprehensive questions...
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"Five Little Seeds"

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete various activities related to the plant life cycle. They read the book "The Tiny Seed," read and discuss the poem "Five Little Seeds," complete a "Plantenstein Mystery" and other online activities, write and...
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This I Can Do: The Drive

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read The Garden of Happiness and discuss the importance of the common good in a community. In this common good lesson, students understand how overcoming diversity and working together for a neighborhood drive. Students create a...
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The Peanut Wizard

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate the history of the peanut. In this social studies lesson, students read the book A Pocket Full of Goobers and examine the a peanut. Students discuss the peanut's characteristics and take notes on an article about...
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THE PEANUT WIZARD

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners read information about George Washington Carver and outline the information. They are given peanuts in the shell, students examine them and eat them. Learners discuss the following questions: Why did George Washington Carver...
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Cell Structure and Function

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss scientific advances brought about by the Mars Surveyor Space Program which impact on daily life, identify laboratory apparatus like microscopes, slides and coverslips, and use the microscopes to view cells and organisms.
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WHO CARES FOR THE LAND?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the importance of natural resources. They are given copies of the story, "Who Cares For The Land," and students follow along as the teacher reads it. Students identify the key points in the story. (Soil, water and air...
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The Shape of Home

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students define home and understand that home is not the same to everyone. For this homes lesson, students participate individually and in groups to create a classroom definition of home. Students discuss the events in the story the...
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Earth Day - Hooray

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to the story, Earth Day - Hooray!, and discuss the story as it is being read.  In this Earth Day lesson, students discuss incentives and penalties in regards to taking care of the Earth.  This lesson plan also includes...