Read Works
Read Works: Valley Nuts
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about almonds and where they come from. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Pumpkins Are Popping Up Everywhere!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text showing how pumpkins grow. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Seeds and Seed Dispersal
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Plants seem to grow wherever they can. How? Plants can't move on their own. So how does a plant start growing in a new area? Learn more about seeds and seed...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Seed House
Students will communicate in oral, artistic, written and nonverbal form as they study seeds and their growth. Students will plant seeds, make observations about the seeds' growth, and report their observations to peers .
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Flower and Tree Reproduction
This is the reproduction chapter from an online text, courtesy of the Forest Biology Department of Virginia Tech. Learn about trees, their flowers, and other details of their reproductive cycle.
Texas A&M University
Easy Gardening. . . Beets [Pdf]
Let's you know all about this cool weather crop. Soil Preparation, fertilizing, planting, varieties, insect concerns, harvesting and more. Requires Adobe Reader.
Curated Video
How Do Plants Grow? | Knowsy Nina Wants to Know
Knowsy Nina discovers what food plants need in order to grow in this episode! [5:00]
NC State University
Ncsu.edu: Adventures of the Agronauts
This site is an online science curriculum on how to grow plants on the Moon. There are six lessons that have a glossary also included. There are movies that demonstrate concepts, and teacher resources. The sites topics cover, the Earth,...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Seed Racer
Help Plum collect all the different kinds of seeds before time runs out. Fun, interactive game shows how different seeds propagate. Look out for those crows!
Starfall
Starfall: All About Seeds
This lesson focuses on seeds and the plants they grow into. It includes kinds and sizes of seeds, pollination of plants, plant parts, how seeds travel, and what plants need to grow.
Other
Zephyrus: Flower Reproduction
A good graphic overview of flowering plant reproduction and the specific parts of the plant responsible for that.
Other
Science and Kids Activities: Pollination and Seed Dispersal
Second graders learn how plants depend on animals to disperse their seeds. Students will learn about ways that animals can disperse seeds. They will design their own model and compare it to the real action of plants and animals. In the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Glorious Sunflowers
In this lesson students will identify, measure and graph seeds and other characteristics of sunflowers and write descriptive and narrative paragraphs about sunflowers. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Promise of a Seed
In this lesson, students will plant seeds, record the changes, and connect the relationship of seeds to plants. This lesson should be taught at the beginning of plant unit.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Determining Percent of Seed Germination
In this project, students will conduct an experiment to determine the percentage of seed that will germinate in a given time frame. Students will produce charts and graphs to represent the results algebraically. Mathematics and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's Inside a Pumpkin?
As part of a study on pumpkins, students will discover what's inside a pumpkin by observing a pumpkin, making individual booklets, and tasting baked pumpkin seeds.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Seeds and Germination
This lesson will be introduced to the students as a part of a unit of study about plants. The students will learn to accurately diagram the parts of a seed and will predict what conditions are needed for germination.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 7.6 Vascular Plants
Learn the structure and function of vascular plants.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 7.12 Plant Hormones
Understand how plant hormones allow plants to live in their environment.
Staten Island Children's Museum
Staten Island Children's Museum: Garden Terrace
Fun family project relating to plants and seeds.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Dandelion
In this lesson plan learn the basics of dandelions and how the seeds travel. There are links provided to related books and activities.
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments: Salad on a Sponge: Grow Your Name
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. Both of these...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Structure of Seeds and Effects of Fertilizer on Plants
In this lesson plan, students identify parts of seeds and the effect of fertilizer on their germination and development.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Seed Investigation
A lesson where students learn about seeds, how to identify them, and characteristics of different seeds.