Curated OER
Plant Party
Students identify plant parts. For this plants lesson, students bring in a vegetable. Each student classifies which part of the plant their vegetable comes from (flower, root, ect.) Students identify the parts of their vegetable and...
Curated OER
The Great Big Yellow Banana Quiz - Fun Facts about Bananas 1
In this research skills learning exercise, students read the questions about bananas and research to answer the 10 multiple choice questions.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Does It Grow? Potatoes
America eats more potatoes than any other vegetable. Follow the spud from field to factory to learn how it grows and how it's turned into the beloved potato chip. [5:58]
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: New Gene Fights Potato Blight
Potato farmers spend billions of dollars every year to fight blight - a disease that can wipe out potato crops. Now scientists have discovered a wild variety of potato that is immune to blight. See the advantages and possible...
Other
National Junior Horticulture Association: Experiments & Fun Activities
A collection of planting activities, including how to make a terrarium and how to grow potatoes.
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments: Potato Maze
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This one is a...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Yellow Faced Pocket Gopher
The Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher feeds on starchy, tuberous roots of desert shrubs and on the roots and leaves of low-growing forbs. Like other pocket gophers, this species is considered an agricultural pest, doing extensive damage in...