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Read Works

Read Works: Pumpkins Are Popping Up Everywhere!

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text showing how pumpkins grow. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Unit Plan
NC State University

Ncsu.edu: Adventures of the Agronauts

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is an online science curriculum on how to grow plants on the Moon. There are six lessons that have a glossary also included. There are movies that demonstrate concepts, and teacher resources. The sites topics cover, the Earth,...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Seeds: How They Grow

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The students will be collecting, germinating and planting seeds to show the process of plant growth. The students will be recording the information in their science journal. In addition, the students will be observing the water cycle as...
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: An Overview of the Plant Growth Process

For Students 3rd - 5th
Discusses the basic needs of plants and the stages they go through in developing from a seed.
Website
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Agricultural Technician

For Students 9th - 10th
As the world's population grows larger, it is important to improve the quality and yield of food crops and animal food sources. Agricultural technicians work in the forefront of this very important research area by helping scientists...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Sprouting Scientists!

For Teachers 1st
Observe and describe plants as they grow from seeds.
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Plants in Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Plants grow and change on a time scale that is too slow for us to observe in real time. Time-lapse photography is a simple technique that allows us to see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living and...
Handout
Texas A&M University

Wildflowers in Bloom: Wildflowers

For Students 9th - 10th
Start wildflowers from seed, find out what your hardiness zone is, learn about seed germination and sunlight needs of plants. All this and more.
Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Acting Hot and Cold [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd
For this lesson, 3rd graders will explore heating and cooling through pantomime. By enacting the effect of sunlight on a snowman and a growing seed, students will learn scientific information kinesthetically.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Voices of Hope and Seeds of Peace (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that draws on the work of the Seeds of Peace, an international organization of teenagers from troubled regions of the world (with a focus on the Middle East) that fosters meaningful dialogue among people with opposing...
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Tundra Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
Visitors of this site will discover what plant life is found in the tundra and how they are able to survive the adverse weather conditions. Click on the yellow flower to start.
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Other

My Science Box: Raising Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The objective of this lesson is to study the life cycle and structure of plants. Students learn about the concept of classifying objects as either living or non-living by growing plants from seeds, fertilizing them, collecting seed, then...
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Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Activities: Habitat Overcrowding

For Students 3rd - 5th
An experiment where several containers are set up with different numbers of seeds planted in each. The objective is to investigate how seed density affects the health of the plants that grow.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Pumpkin Time!

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how a seed grows into a pumpkin. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Hawaii: What Happens in the Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant?

For Students 4th - 6th
Sophie and Max are growing plants in their greenhouse. Join them, and learn about the life cycle of a plant.
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TOPS Learning Systems

Tops Learning Systems: Top Science: Monocots/dicots [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Grow corn and bean seeds and measure their comparative growth over time.
Primary
Texas A&M University

Easy Gardening. . . Beets [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Let's you know all about this cool weather crop. Soil Preparation, fertilizing, planting, varieties, insect concerns, harvesting and more. Requires Adobe Reader.
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Lifecycle of a Plant

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the life cycle of a plant as it develops from a seed into a seedling, grows into a mature plant, develops flower buds, goes through pollination and double fertilization, and produces seeds.
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Treehut

Suzy's World: Apples

For Students 2nd - 6th
Use this site to find out how apples grow.
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Can Teach

A Demonstration of Photosynthesis and Transpiration

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students of all ages wonder what happens to a seed when you plant it in the ground. Try this basic experiment and let them explore, pose questions, and make predictions.
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Curated OER

You Will Find Cycad Cones Growing in the Center of the Plant.

For Students 3rd - 8th
This engaging article on gymnosperms offers good descriptions and background on these seed bearing plants. Learn about their characteristics and what makes these plants different from angiosperms.
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Other

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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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Unearthing Secret America: Nutrient Depletion

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Investigate the change in American society and slavery with the advent of the agricultural innovation of crop rotation. Observe nutrient depletion as you germinate and grow nutrient-demanding seedlings.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Elementary Globe: Earth System in a Bottle

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
If you have seeds at home, try this activity to help kids learn what a seed needs to grow. Students will create experimental conditions in terrariums to study what plants need to live. They will learn about the importance of the...

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