CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Life Science: The Importance of Plants
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses plants, their needs, and their importance. The structure and function of roots, stems, and leaves are covered as well.
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Atlas of Plant Anatomy
This impressive site provides a wealth of information on roots, stems, and leaves. To retrieve information, you simply pass the mouse over the photos and click the highlighted area to receive an explanation about the structure.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Amazing Antigravity Stem
This lesson consists of an experiment which will demonstrate how a plant uses its stem to carry water and minerals from the roots to the leaves and other parts of the plant. Students will then use their word processing skills to record...
Songs for Teaching
Roots, Stems, Leaves Song and Lyrics
Learn about the parts of a plant as you sing this catchy song. You can listen to others sing it, or sing along with the supplied lyrics. Songs help information "stick" with you!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Nonvascular Plants
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Nonvascular seedless plants lack vascular tissue and they do not have true roots, stems, or leaves, but they can have stem-like and root-like structures. These...
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Asexual Reproduction
Site from Kimball's Biology Pages provides information on Asexual Reproduction in plants, and also in animals, where it is less common. Includes information on stems, leaves, roots, plant propagation and apomixis.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Plant Cycles: Photosynthesis & Transpiration
What do plants need? Students examine the effects of light and air on green plants, learning the processes of photosynthesis and transpiration. Student teams plant seeds, placing some in sunlight and others in darkness. They make...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Corn for Fuel?!
In this activity, students examine how to grow plants the most efficiently. They imagine that they are designing a biofuels production facility and need to know how to efficiently grow plants to use in this facility. As a means of...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Baird's Pocket Gopher
Baird's Pocket Gopher is also known as the Louisiana Pocket Gopher, though most of what is known about its ecology has come from studies of the species near College Station, Texas, and it occurs in Oklahoma and Arkansas as well as in...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Trees Are Terrific
The cartoon character Pierre discusses and illustrates the parts of a tree in a format suitable for younger students.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Seeds, Soil, and Surprises
This site has excellent resources for teaching students about plants. It has a guide to scientific investigation and a glossary of plant terms. There are three lessons that each include a slideshow on the parts of a plant, the needs of...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Iceland: Plants: What Parts Do Plants Have?
Explore Benny's garden, and he will show how plants and trees are built. Join him to to learn about basic plant parts.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Norway: What Are the Functions of Different Parts of a Plant?
Heidi is going on a class trip with her class in Norway. Help her learn the functions of different parts of the plants found.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Biology of Plants: Plant Parts
Learn about the basic parts of a plant and their jobs.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: A General Plant Structure
Read about the basic structure of plants in this short, informational reference piece.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Plant Tissues and Organs Study Guide
Review the main vocabulary and processes in plant tissues and organs.
Read Works
Read Works: How Plants Work
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the different parts of a plant: the leaves, stem, roots, and flowers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Plant Like Protists
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Plant-like protists are known as algae. They are a large and diverse group. Plant-like protists are autotrophs. This means that they produce their own food. They...
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Cartage: Plant Structure and Growth
A comprehensive resource for information about plant structure to plant reproduction characteristics. Site covers broad topics on how plants function.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Asexual Reproduction
Everything you've ever needed to know regarding asexual reproduction. Modules include Asexual Reproduction in Plants, Asexual Reproduction in Animals, Why Choose Asexual Reproduction? Materials can be used as supplemental resources or as...
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Parts of Plants
Each part of a plant has a very important function. All plants produce flowers for the same reason: to make seeds so another plant can grow.