Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: Flowers

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the structure and functions of flowers.
Graphic
Science & Plants for Schools

Science & Plants for Schools: Parts of a Flower

For Students 4th - 9th
A detailed look at the parts of a plant and how plants reproduce.
Lesson Plan
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Plants Worksheets, Quizzes and Games

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Think you know everything there is about plants and flowers? Test your knowledge with these interactive quizzes and games.
Website
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Flowers

For Students K - 1st
Certain plants are known for their eye-catching blooms. Think of roses, orchids, carnations, and tulips. We often refer to these plants as "flowers." A flower, though, is just one part and quite an important part of a plant. Not all...
Website
Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountain Community College: Flower Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
Site covers all aspects of plant reproduction such as life cycles, angiosperms and flowers. Provides links to other sites to aide in research.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science: Life Science: Plant Reproduction and Life Cycles

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Read about the processes of sexual reproduction in flowering plants, including pollination, fertilization (seed production), seed dispersal, and germination.
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Other

Flora of Europe: A Photographic Herbarium

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Flora of Europe gives a general description and photos for every type of vegetation found in Europe. It is very complete, but hard to navigate if you don't know the scientific name for the plant you're interested in.
Handout
Other

Bureau of Land Management: Yuma Area Desert Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Graphics and descriptions of the desert lily, desert marigold, desert mallow, purple threewa, Mexican poppy, trees and shrubs in the Yum, Arizona region.
Website
Other

Mangolia Plantation and Its Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the Mangolia Plantation and It's Gardens located in Charleston, South Carolina. You can click on the link "The Gardens", and a new page will come up with pictures of the garden and with a description of...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Plant Parts and Development Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take an interactive quiz over plant parts and plant development. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Aves Life History and Ecolog

For Students 9th - 10th
University of California Berkeley offers a good discussion of the natural role that birds play and the importance of this role to man.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Plants: Identifing the Plant Parts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, First grade students will learn about roots, stems, flowers, and seeds. They will also have the chance to view a streamline video about plant parts.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Who Loves Flowers?

For Students K - 1st
A storybook about the beauty of flowers. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.
Handout
University of Hamburg

University of Hamburg: Photoperiodism and Stimulation

For Students 9th - 10th
A good summary of the photoperiodic effects of plants. Discussion of the way that the length of the day effects the growth of plants.
Website
US Department of Agriculture

Us Department of Agriculture: Plants Interactive Id Keys

For Students 9th - 10th
A database of information about plants across the United States and how to identify them. Covers grasses, legumes, gymnosperms, wetland monocots, and the Ericaceae flowering plants. The information is contained in downloadable zip files,...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Glowing Flowers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student teams learn about engineering design of green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) and their use in medical research, including stem cell research. They simulate the use of GFPs by adding fluorescent dye to water and letting a flower or...
Handout
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Biology of Plants: Plant Parts

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the basic parts of a plant and their jobs.
Website
Idaho State University

Idaho Museum of Natural History: Guide to the Plants of Idaho State Arboretum

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes the different plants of the Idaho State Arboretum in Pocatello. Users are provided with a picture and a description of every plant in the arboretum. You can click on the pictures for a larger view.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Dandelion Days

For Students K - 1st
Read about the life cycle of dandelions from their first appearance in the spring. Includes audio narration in 16 additional languages with text in English.
Activity
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Grassland Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden explores some commonly asked questions about the prairie and prairie plants.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Plants Tell Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Morning glories unfurl their petals like clockwork in the early morning. A closing white waterlily signals that it's late afternoon. And moon flowers, as their name suggests, only bloom under the night sky. What gives plants this innate...
Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Flower Anatomy

For Students 3rd - 6th
Identify the major parts of a flower. Select each part name and drop in the boxes next to the full-color diagram.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: How Plants Work

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the different parts of a plant: the leaves, stem, roots, and flowers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Interactive
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape

For Students 2nd - 5th
Detective Le Plant has taken you on an adventure through the world of plants. As his assistant, he has shown you the inner workings of seeds, flowers, and other plant parts. He has also shown you what is needed for plants to grow and be...

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