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Southern African Water Crisis: Some Grassland Facts
Here you can read a fact sheet on South African grasslands. Content includes a look at origins, water supply, plants and animals, economics, and current conservation status.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Plants
Enchanted Learning provides information an illustrated plant dictionary as well as printouts, flower anatomy, and plant-related crafts.
Maryland Science Center
Maryland Science Center: Cd Greenhouse [Pdf]
This activity explains how to germinate a seed inside a CD case so that its growth is visible. The transparency of the case makes it simple to track its growth using a marker.
Other
Adaptations in Plants
The body features and habits of a living thing that help it to live in its surroundings is called Adaptation. [3:39]
Kids Video Show
Carnivorous Plants | the Dr. Binocs Show | Educational Videos for Kids
Hey Kids, Didn't you always think that plants often end up as food? Well, there are plants that eat too! Yes! Such plants are popularly known as Carnivorous Plants or Insectivorous Plants. [4:07]
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Crafts for Kids
Choose from dozens of simple crafts including activities for the holidays, animal crafts and much more.
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Reading Plants: Vocabulary [Pdf]
A one-page glossary of terms that might be used by older students when studying plants.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: The Show: Trees
How much do you think you know about trees? PBS site offers a video and description of the life cycle of trees and their leaves.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Leaf Me Alone!
How do leaves breathe? PBS site explores how plants breathe and sustain life.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science: The Living Sea: Predators and Prey
This Museum of Science page does an excellent job of explaining the importance of plants as producers in the sea. The food chain or food web has to start with the plants.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Plants
Thorough resource examines plants with a description, pictures, and maps. Includes facts on ecology, evolution, functional adaptations, and external links.
Texas A&M University
Tamu: Aggie Horticulture: School Gardens
Teachers and students interested in finding information on how to start a garden in their school will find this site very helpful. This site, sponsored by the Department of Horticulture Sciences at Texas A&M University, includes a...
abcteach
Abcteach: Science: Plants
[Free Registration/Login Required] Generate comparison charts, crosswords, and journals for recording data on plants and plants processes. One can also find lesson plans and plant experiments, as well as flower and tree resources.
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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.
US Department of Agriculture
U.s Department of Agriculture: Plants Fight Off Foreign Invaders
Information as to how a plant protects itself from bugs and other harsh elements that seek to injure it. Also provides links for users to learn more about agricultural research for further study.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: 1 Ls3 1:plant and Animal Structures Parents and Offspring
This NSTA vetted source includes resources to teach that young plants and animals are alike, but not exactly like, their parents. Included are assessment ideas, videos, examples, lesson plans, and photos of student work.
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!
PBS
Pbs Kids: Mountain Scramble
Build a mountain ecosystem by adding appropriate plants and animals, and by keeping the ecosystem in balance. Be sure every species has enough to eat to survive.
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Importance of Plants and Plant Communities
Discover why plants are extremely important to humans. Resource provides an explanation of the important things they provide.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: First Grade Science: Why Do I Look Like I Do?
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the differences in the physical body parts of different animals.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Life Science: Introduction to Plants
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses plants, their needs, and their importance, and describes the structure and function of roots, stems, and leaves.
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.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Needs of Plants
Each student will make his/her own mini-garden and will observe the growth and development of radishes. To help students learn about requirements for plant growth, the teacher will make four experimental gardens and place them in...