Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Desert Cacti: Fruit Producing "Trees"
Find out why native fruit-producing trees and shrubs are essential components of diverse habitats.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Norway: What Are Some Types of Plants?
Heidi lives in Norway. She notices that plants grow on land, but also underwater. Help her figure out other places that plants grow.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Kind of Plant Is It?
This lesson provides a fun way for students to learn to classify plants as vascular and nonvascular. Students will use drawing software to create pictures of vascular and nonvascular plants.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Invasive Plants
Invasive plants are non-native plants that grow in an environment that has no native diseases, parasites, or predators. This allows them to grow rapidly and be destructive to native plants.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Gymnosperms, Cone Bearing Vascular Plants
Students will research printed encyclopedias, Internet resources (thinkfinity.org) and their science textbook to gather information to answer questions and draw an assigned portion of the Life Cycle of the Gymnosperms. This lesson plan...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Circles of Life
This is an inquiry based cooperative learning unit that can be used in biology as a graduation exam review or in botany for a nine week project. The learners will learn the life cycle of mosses, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. The...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 7.1 Plant Characteristics
A textbook tutorial over biological characteristics of plants.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Wildflowers
Take an online walk with EEK! and view wildflowers of the woods, wetlands and prairies. Then go outside, take a hike, and see if you can spot any of these beautiful bloomers.
Other
The Charms of Duckweed (Smallest Flowering Plant)
Have a fun learning experience as you read about the smallest flowering plant. Botanical facts, pictures, projects, and practical uses of the Duckweed plant are all part of this site.
Royal Botanic Gardens
Plant Cultures: Banyan Trees
This thorough resource provides an introduction to the banyan tree, plant profile, history, medicinal uses, and more. Pictures supplement the text.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Non Flowering Plants
On this site, learn about the biology of non-flowering plants including gymnosperms, conifers, cones, seed, spores, ferns, and mosses.