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Body Language

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the three main parts of a plant. In this plant parts lesson plan, 1st graders explore vocabulary for the topic and read a story about plant parts. Students view a PowerPoint and take a quiz for the topic....
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Contribution to the Beautification of Parma

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in beautification project in their local area. In this community service lesson, 1st graders plan and prepare a flower planting project for a low income area of their city. They practice arranging flowers in...
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Out and About: Plants

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students examine plants. In this hands-on science lesson, students visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, the Eden Project, and Nature's World online or in person to investigate plants and gardens.
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Preparing the Soil

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore philanthropy through literature. For this service learning lesson, students consider character traits as they read Seedfolks. Students record their notes regarding the characters in the story of a community garden in...
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I Love the Earth

For Students Pre-K - K
In this coloring worksheet, students color in an illustration titled "I Love the Earth." The picture shows an angel watering a flower garden with hearts.
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Phil's Garden of Good

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read "The Rainbow Fish" and discuss how the fish benefited by giving others. In this sharing lesson, students prepare plants and letters for senior citizens. Students present their letters and plants at a visit to a senior...
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Gardens Under the Sea: Coral Reefs

For Teachers K - 5th
Students, with dive partners, explore coral reefs through scuba diving. They also explore radial symmetry and bilateral symmetry.
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Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Garden

For Students 7th
In these math word problem worksheets, 7th graders help solve the mystery about 'The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Garden.' Students find the new length and width measurements of the shrunken garden using the area of rectangle.
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The Class Garden Essay

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use a class garden as inspiration for a specific writing assignment. They conduct research into different types of flowers in photo images taken with a digital camera. Students write a creative essay and draw a picture to...
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Garden Maze

For Students K - 1st
In this maze worksheet, students draw a line through the maze of flowers to get to the bee. Flowers are in an outline format and may be colored.
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Sachets and Nosgays

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
An impressive lesson plan on the many uses of gardens during the Colonial and Federal periods of history is here for you. In it, learners explore the uses of flowers and herbs grown in gardens at that time; from deodorants, to insect...
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Plant Power

For Teachers 1st
Here is an opportunity for your first graders to take a close look at plants: what they need to survive, how they grow, and the names of each plant part. The book, Corduroy's Garden is used to open the lesson. Then, youngsters utilize...
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See How They Grow: Plants And Their Parts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils discuss what plants require in order to grow, identify plant parts and their functions and discuss a video about plants. They conduct a controlled experiment with bean seeds and then record and observe the bean plants.
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NGA Kids Inside Scoop Spring 2007

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars become familiar with the work of Claude Monet and his garden paintings.  In this Monet lesson plan, students compare the garden works of Claude Monet.  Young scholars examine pictures for the colors in his...
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Melissa's Garden

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math learning exercise, students identify the location of pictures on a coordinate plane. They write some answers as an ordered pair. They read ordered pairs and identify the picture at a specified location. Six problems are on a...
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Monet's Garden

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review impressionism and one of the well-known artist of this period, Claude Money. They explore "en plein air," an outdoor painting technique that Monet employed to create his work. They also experiment with warm and...
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify what plants need to grow. In this plant biology lesson, students analyze the differences between an artificial plant and a live plant. Students plant seeds and discuss what plants need to grow. Students observe the...
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers 2nd
Students complete activities to learn about the life cycle of a seed. In this plant growth lesson, students complete activities for the life cycles of seeds.
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Caribbean Garden

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students investigate plant life by creating an art project.  In this arts and crafts lesson, students identify several different native Caribbean plants such as guava, ginger, mahogany and hibiscus.  Students create plants...
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Window Gardens

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use a plastic sandwich bag containing a damp paper towel taped to a window as a model system to observe the germination and early growth of radish seeds. They are challenged to pose a question about seed germination and growth...
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Hollie's Gigantic Garden

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math puzzle worksheet, students put their problem solving skills to use as they fill in the plant growth charts that require them to write and solve equations.
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Dress Up Your Salad

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Salad dressings use a variety of different ingredients, but it's important to have a healthy balance of greens to create a delicious mix. Young chefs examine five types of herbs including chives, basil, dill, parsley, and thyme to...
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Plant Phenology Data Analysis

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Scientists monitor seasonal changes in plants to better understand their responses to climate change, in turn allowing them to make predictions regarding the future. The last activity in the series of six has scholars analyze BudBurst...
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Dalmatian Picture Writing Prompt and Stationary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Dalmatian picture writing prompt worksheet, students look at colorful clip art picture of a dog in a flower garden. They write a story about the picture on the lined stationary.