Forest Foundation
The Nature of Trees
Young botanists examine the different parts of tress and then draw parallels between the functions of these parts and the function of parts of the human body.
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Container Gardening: Direct Seeding
In this science experiment worksheet, students record a check next to the 10 plants that they plan on growing in containers. Students place their containers in full sunlight.
Michigan Farm Bureau
The Little Red Hen
No one will be saying "Not I" with a lesson that combines The Little Red Hen with the life cycle of a wheat stem! After reading the story in your class, pass out wheat stems to your learners and have them examine the plants closely,...
Cornell University
Weed IPM
Go on a weed hunt! Scholars gain insight into the characteristics of plants and examine the outdoor environment in order to identify five different types of weeds. Learners then show what they know with a one-page reflection.
Bethel School District
Observations and Inference
What's the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations? Learners make observations, inferences, and predictions about their environment with a set of questions and activities that are applicable to either language arts...
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Know your roots!
Looking at an image of plant systems with their roots in the ground, learners determine which would be the most or least difficult to pull. They write short sentences describing which plant they chose and why. Intended for 3rd or 4th...
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Flowers and Their Life Cycles
First-time florists will be able to label the structures of simple and composite flowers after reading this handout and answering the comprehension questions. There are a couple of grammatical errors in the text, but the content is...
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How Do Plants Meet Their Needs?
For this plants worksheet, students will compare and contrast the purpose of the flower, fruit, and seeds of a plant. Students will fill in the blank of 5 statements in this graphic organizer.
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Adaptations of plants for seed dispersal
In this plants worksheet, students place plants in various categories depending on what special adaptations they have for scattering their seeds. There is room to record 5 different plants. They then describe how 5 fruits have adapted...
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From Seed to Plant-Crossword Puzzle
In this plants and seeds worksheet, students use a set of 5 clues about seeds and plants to complete a simple crossword puzzle. Clues are given at the bottom of the page.
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Succession in a Jar
In this succession worksheet, students build an ecosystem using a jar, water, bird seed, soil and a water plant. They predict what their ecosystem will look like in 3 weeks and draw a diagram. Students record their data over the course...
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An Introduction to Modern Economics
Practice reading comprehension with this informational economics worksheet. Learners read a 2-page explanation of the beginnings of modern economics and how it plays a role in society. This reading discusses natural, human and capital...
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Fun With Plants: Can You Find?
In this plants instructional activity, students find plants with specific plant parts and press and dry them to the sheet. Students find 14 different plant parts.
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Plant Life for Kids
In these plant life worksheets, students complete a learning exercise about parts of a plant, plant life, plant life cycle sequence, and then complete a plant life mini book.
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The Organization and Function of Plants
In this plant worksheet, students investigate the structures and functions of plants. They also study seed germination through the use of a wall chart.
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The Young Virginia Gardener:Growing Seeds Indoors
In this gardening instructional activity, students read about growing seeds indoors, then complete 4 short answer questions based on the passage.
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Create a Plant
In this gardening worksheet, students draw a plant on a poster board, cutting out pictures of vegetables from magazines and gluing them on the leaves of their drawn plant in the proper places: stem vegetables, fruit vegetables and seed...
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Growing Seeds Indoors: Seeds for Breakfast
In this gardening worksheet, students answer a set of questions about seeds eaten form breakfast in cereals, 10 questions total.
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Container Gardening: Starting and Transplanting Seeds
In this gardening activity, students read a short passage about starting and transplanting seeds, then check names of plants they will put in their garden, noting whether they have started it from seed or purchased it from a store.
K12 Reader
What’s Eating You?
Introduce your class to producers, consumers, and pollinators with a reading passage. Class members read the text and respond to five related questions.
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Plant Life Cycle
In this exploring the processes from seed to reproduction of a plant online interactive worksheet, students read a passage explaining the plant life cycle and answer multiple choice questions about what they read. Students choose 8 answers.
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Heredity Worksheet #2
For this genetics worksheet, students use a diagram showing the genetic offspring of plants with different types of seeds to answer 4 short answer questions. Then students determine the traits of offspring of different crosses in 1...
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Germination Inhibitors
In germination experiment worksheet, students conduct the following lab activity. Students determine the effects of another tomato on germinating seeds. Students answer the following questions to analyze their experiment.
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Horticulture and Gardening
In this colorful packet, students engage in a variety of activities involving plants and seeds. After answering the 50 questions in the packet, learners can go on to delve into their own projects.