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Culturing Plants from Embryonic Plant Tissue

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student groups use lima beans to represent dicots and corn to represent monocots, soak the seeds, and separate the embryos from the cotyledons. They then place the seeds in Petri dishes in agar and observe for at least one week recording...
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Herb is the Word

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners conduct an experiment to determine how different soils affect plant growth over a six-week period. After determining the physical properties of different types of soil, students plant various types of seeds into the soil...
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Will they grow?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders plant seeds and see how they will grow in a specific temperature and are questioned about different environments and how they think crops would grow there. They form a hypothesis, perform an experiment, and then collect...
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Observing Plants

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify how plants affect the survival of a caterpillar and what plants need to survive. They plant three bean seeds in the three containers, placing two containers at a sunny window and the third one in a dark closet and label...
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Grow Your Own Grub

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study plant needs and growth by completing a gardening activity. In this plant study lesson, students watch a video and discuss plant growth needs. Students plant seeds in containers and water the plants. Students take photos of...
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Picture Add and Subtract

For Students K - 1st
In this simple picture add/subtract activity, students answer questions about pictures of seeds, writing how many of each are present and how many are present in total.
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Edible Artwork for Birds

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this craft project worksheet, learners gather materials and read the 7 steps to create an edible bird feeder picture made from lard and bird seed.
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What's in a Tree?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discuss the types of items they might find in a tree, such as birds, fruit, or seeds. They draw trees on poster boards and then add details by cutting them out and gluing them to their trees.
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Garden Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils create mini "gardens" in recycled clothing boxes. They recycle old seed and flower catalogs and "plant" cut-out flowers in their gardens.
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Measurement

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to a read aloud of Linda Williams, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" before discussing Halloween. They measure pumpkins using chains of paper clips to find their length and width. Once they open the...
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Backyard Bird Watch

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use the Internet, digital cameras, video cameras and other computer technology to observe and record information on local birds that visit their bird feeders. They consider factors such as weather and seed consumption.
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Plant Life

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine different categories of plant life and their roles as producers of food and oxygen for other organisms. They study the evolution of plants from simple organisms to very complex ones. They look at the different...
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John Muir: Long Ago and Now

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore nature objects brought indoors such as rocks, seeds, leaves and shells to identify where the objects came from. They hear stories about John Muir's life and make booklets about nature areas they enjoy.
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Living Corn Necklace

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore heredity and observable traits through experimentation. They view several different types of corn and record their observation of physical traits on a class chart. They create a corn necklace by sprouting dried...
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Grow Your Own

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students study the growth and care of plants. They take tour of their school site and plant seeds to observe their growth. Afterward, they answer questions about the origin and value of their plants.
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"Mother's Day Mess"- Word Scramble

For Students 4th - 5th
In this book word scramble worksheet, student unscramble letters to find 14 words related to the book Mother's Day Mess . They write words such as breakfast, mother, whispered, seeds, soil and garden on the lines.
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Numbers : 16, 18, 19 and 20.

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this number worksheet, students color the outside edges of pictures of apples, then draw the correct number of apple seeds in each apple. Numbers appear beneath each apple.
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Plant Growth & Development

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers share what they know about plants and discuss what else they would like to know. The teacher evaluates students' prior knowledge of plants to inform future instruction. Middle schoolers practice observation and...
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POWERFUL POTATO

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars will observe the growth process of a potato plant.Plant a potato in a large clay pot or gallon bucket. You may purchase seed potatoes from a seed outlet in early spring or use a potato from home that has started to sprout....
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Sprouting Artwork

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in this activity that shows how seeds sprout. It demonstrates the idea that seeds protect the baby plant inside, providing it with everything necessary to begin the growing process.
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Potato Head

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create a potato looking object. In this art lesson, students decorate hamster bedding with a face making it look like the potato. Students water the object causing the grass to grow making it look like hair.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers K
Students explore plant life by reading books about gardening. In this botany lesson, students read the books From Seed to Plant and Oh Say Can You Seed? while identifying the necessary elements to raising a healthy plant. Students view...
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Snug as a Bug

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate survival strategies. In this survival strategies activity, students study survival strategies used by animals. Using a seed to represent a bug, students create a safe home for their "seed-bug".
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Enjoying Carrots

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine how carrots are a good source of Vitamin A. They discover how a specific food helps make a specific part of the body healthy. They listen to a read aloud of Ruth Krauss', The Carrot Seed.

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