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Organisms in Symbiosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Searching for an activity that allows emerging biologists to explore symbiosis up close and personal? Pupils collect samples and view lichens through a microscope and conclude with a discussion about the relationship they have with other...
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Pollination

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the pollination process. For this plant biology lesson, 4th graders dissect a flower to identify the parts of a flower and watch a video to see seed dispersal. Students write about the pollination process.
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Parts of a Plant

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Children explore the parts of a plant (flower, seeds, stem, leaves, and roots) using a dandelion as an example.
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Coevolution: A Simulation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars participate in a demonstration in which they must attempt to suck liquid from varying containers with straws of varying sizes. They discuss the concept of coevolution and see why this activity illustrate the coevolution...
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Seed Structure and Seed Dispersal

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders plant seeds. In this seed structure lesson, 3rd graders identify parts of a seed and plant a lima bean seed.  Students discuss and reflect on the process in their journals. 
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Seed Diversity

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore agriculture by researching different seeds. In this seed identification instructional activity, students collaborate in small groups to analyze a package of different seeds. Students utilize a magnifying glass to examine...
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Pollination

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this pollination worksheet, students read and assess comprehension. In this labeling and filling in the blanks worksheet, students answer fourteen questions.
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Genetics of Flowering

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore plant DNA.
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It's All About the Roots

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the process of hydroponic agriculture. They grow beans in different hydroponic solutions, compare results and graph their observations.
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Meadows Observations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate and examine the different living things they find in a meadow. Students record the different colors that are present and create a graph, identify and label parts of a plant, use a magnifying lens to examine all ...
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Leaves

For Students 6th - 10th
In this biology instructional activity, students write identify the different parts of a leaf shown in 5 different diagrams. They also complete 12 short answer questions after reading the information about leaves.
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Quick-Change Flip Book

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create flip books that illustrate the growth and change of a plant or an animal as it goes through its life cycle.
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What Happens to a Seed?

For Teachers 1st
In this creative lesson on seeds, 1st graders listen as the book The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle is read to them about the life of a seed. Students then draw a picture to show the life cycle of a seed in each season.
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Predicting the Greening of Spring With Red Emperor Tulips

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine seasonal changes by watching tulip plant growth across the continent utilizing the Journey North website. They develop hypotheses as to why the plants emerge and grow where they do.
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How Tall are Plants?

For Teachers 1st
First graders measure a plant using unifix cubes and record their measurements on a class chart.
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Science: How Tall Are Plants

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate plant growth and examine what factors contribute to plant growth. They keep a class chart of plant growth and write about and illustrate their conclusions.
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Circles and Ovals: Flower

For Students K - 1st
In this coloring shapes worksheet, learners trace the circles and color them yellow. Students trace the ovals and color them pink. Learners then trace the ovals and circles at the bottom of the page.
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The Angiosperms

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study angiosperms and their classifications.  In this investigative instructional activity students compare the sexual reproduction of angiosperms and seed formations. 
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What Bees Eat

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study plant and animal interdependence by studying bees and pollination. In this interdependence lesson, students discuss flower parts and dissect it to show its reproductive parts. Students then use tissue and pipe cleaners to...
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Plant Diversity

For Students 5th - 6th
In this nonfiction comprehension worksheet, learners read the selection on plant diversity and answer 10 questions that include true/false, short answer, multiple choice, and fill in the blank.
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Flowera of the Prairie

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students with severe disabilities view pictures of flowers in a scanning box and identify them. Outside, they locate flowers on the school's property, label and care for them. Students use flower pictures to aid identification.
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Genetics - The Study of Inheritance

For Students 9th - 12th
For this genetics worksheet, students will compare four pea plants with different alleles that control flower color and complete 5 short answer questions. Then students will read 8 statements about genetic mutations and determine if the...
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Ph-ocusing on Photosynthesis In and Out of the Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of photosynthesis. As a class, they brainstorm a list of what they already know about plants and individually grow a plant on their own in the classroom. They record their observations daily and...
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Vegetative Propagation Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars, in this project, successfully start new plants by various means of vegetative propagation.

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