Information from formative assessments is vital to plan for instruction. The 17th in a 21-part series of lessons on plant and animal systems quizzes pupils on their knowledge of the function of plant parts. Given a part of the plant,...

Scientists found fossils of plants more than 420 million years old—but plants existed for up to 100 million years prior to these fossils. Learn about the importance of plants to the entire planet. Viewing a presentation helps scholars...

Plants provide humans with food, shelter, and medications. Scholars gain a better appreciation for plants after learning their functions, divisions, and early ancestors. Each sub-topic includes slides highlighting vocabulary and...

Send your young life scientists on a plant webquest that has them reading case studies to decide if seeds are seeds and plants are plants. 

Talk about Velcro®, Gecko Tape, WhalePower turbine blades, and other innovations that mimic nature to inspire your STEM or engineering class. This set of worksheets gets them thinking about imitating nature in terms of sustainable...

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,...

Why do soybean plants that are planted weeks apart in the spring mature simultaneously in the fall? Four independent activities cover the history of phytochrome research, scientist collaboration, the electromagnetic spectrum, and...

In this biology lesson, learners identify the different types and parts of the plant. They complete a crossword puzzle with 37 questions about plants.

Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...

A St. Patrick's Day-themed worksheet invites young leprechauns to match the word with its meaning by writing the corresponding letter in the blank. There are 10 words and definitions that are connected to Ireland. Lastly, pupils are...

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...

A looping slideshow on the structures that make up the roots and stem of a plant, and the functions they perform. Includes a multiple-choice quiz.

A challenge that asks students to build a machine that distributes seeds precisely. This site includes a lesson plan, tips, and a place to document their engineering design process.

Students plant sunflower seeds in plastic cups, and once germinated, these are exposed to different conditions of light levels and/or soil moisture contents. During exposure of the plants to these different conditions, students measure...

Inspire students to make a root system to help a plant stay put with simple materials like pipe cleaners, string, and marbles. This STEM challenge allows students to not only solve a problem but get tips and document their process all on...

Heidi is going on a class trip with her class in Norway. Help her learn the functions of different parts of the plants found.

Brush up on plant facts before taking this interactive quiz.

Explore Benny's garden, and he will show how plants and trees are built. Join him to to learn about basic plant parts.