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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.
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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.
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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,...
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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.
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Nature's Partners: Pollinators, Plants, and You [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers will love this comprehensive Grades 3-6 curriculum on pollinators. There are six modules of detailed plans and accompanying materials. Pre-assessment activities and teacher background information, as well as supplemental...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Flower Beds

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to provide appropriate flowering plants to increase diversity in an environment.
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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.
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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.
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Virtual Bangladesh

Virtual Bangladesh: Flora and Fauna

For Students 9th - 10th
A cursory look at the flora and fauna of Bangladesh. Provides links to information on the country's birds and animals.
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Language Guide

Language Guide: Las Plantas

For Students 9th - 10th
Colorful pictures of trees, flowers and other plants interact with audio and the written word as you move your mouse over the illustration. Vocabulary is in depth enough to be at an intermediate level.
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Add Color to Flowers Using Science

For Students 4th - 8th
Use this experiment to discover how to make colored flowers using common supplies with details on why it works.
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Parts of Plants

For Students 6th - 8th
Each part of a plant has a very important function. All plants produce flowers for the same reason: to make seeds so another plant can grow.
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Texas A&M University

Texas a & M University: Information About Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from the Texas A & M University provides an alphabetical index to flowers.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Flowering Plant Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses asexual and sexual reproduction in flowering plants, the parts of a flower, how pollination takes place, fertilization, and seed development.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Flowering Plants: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try these five multiple-choice questions about flowering plants. After submitting answers, students can review the material.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Plants and Places [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Plants and Places" is a one page, nonfiction passage about how plants fit the types of environment they live in such as cactus like hot, dry weather and live in Arizona. The state flowers fit the climate of the states. It is followed by...
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Ohio State University

General Plant Biology: Development: Flowering to Senescence

For Students 9th - 10th
A good overview of the development of plants. Includes a section on the dormancy of plants that covers the basics.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Angiosperms Plants With Flowers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By using a hands-on activity,the students will learn about the Life Cycle of the Angiosperms. Students will learn about the female and male parts of a flower. This would be a great activity to follow a unit on reproduction in flowering...
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Flowering Plants: Keys to Evolution & Human Well Being

For Students 9th - 10th
Plants give us insight into the past, sustain the present, and prepare for the future. Peruse the article to appreciate the value of angiosperms.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Iceland: Plants: What Parts Do Plants Have?

For Students K - 1st
Explore Benny's garden, and he will show how plants and trees are built. Join him to to learn about basic plant parts.
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Palomar Community College District

Wayne's Word: Carnivorous Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wayne's Word provides an excellent review of the world of carnivorous plants. Many photographs support the somewhat detailed text.

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