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Can You See the Light?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Explore plants and flowers with this lesson. Learners talk about plants, conduct an experiment with suflowers, and track a plants growth. This is a motivating way to present this concept.
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Bee Pollen Popular

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
The world would be a much different place without the help of pollinators. Read about the important role bats, hummingbirds, and various insects play in plant reproduction, exploring the interdependence of living things in an ecosystem....
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Forest In A Jar

For Teachers K - 6th
Students conduct an experiment using soil, water, seeds, a plant, and a jar; and then draw a poster to represent their observations and findings. They make a poster showing what happened to their aquatic environment.
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Discovering Seeds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students compare seeds with seedlings. In this life science lesson, students make observations of seedlings and the seeds they grew from, paying special attention to the roots. Lesson includes extension activities.
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The Beautiful Works of Georgia O'Keefe

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discover the art of Georgia O'Keefe.  In this art history lesson, students investigate the influential power nature has on art.  Students create their own works of art by observing local nature.
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Seed Sensation

For Teachers K
Students explore seeds through dissecting, sorting, comparing and contrasting. They draw their observations of both a closed and open seed and then they label the parts of a seed. They brainstorm where seeds come from. They compare seeds...
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Seed Sorting 101

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners sort through numerous seeds to find similarities and differences. In this sorting and classifying lesson, students divide up different plant seeds based on their similarities and differences, while keeping record of their findings.
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Ag in My Classroom

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the definition of agriculture.  In this Language Arts and Social Studies lesson plan, students read an article on products that are produced in agriculture, then they complete a vocabulary assignment and write an essay...
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Plants And Pollination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe sexual reproduction in plants, including the process of pollination, how insects assist in pollination, and how pollination differs from fertilization. They also explore the importance of honey bees to Arizona agriculture.
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Biodiesel Demand Could Destroy World's Forests

For Students 10th - 12th
In this global issues worksheet, students read a 1-page article about biodiesel demand then write PPC articles that address the costs of biodiesel use.
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Incredible Seeds

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are given a group of seeds and put in small groups. They classify their seeds based on their observations with 90% accuracy. Students draw a picture of each seed showing at least 2 characteristics of each. They write 1...
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Bean There, Done Plant

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explain that events in nature follow an orderly progression when they plant seeds and observe the development of the seeds. They count seeds and find the likenesses and the differences of many seeds.
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Air Pollution

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify the causes and effects of air pollution and how to reduce air pollution.
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Homophones (Higher)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students read and analyze 10 sentences which have a missing homophone. From the 2 choices provided, students fill in the correct word.
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Nutrients for Plants and People: Food Pyramid Garden

For Students 2nd - 8th
In this garden learning exercise, students plant different types of food from the food pyramid into a garden and write a journal about all of the food. Students plant 4 levels of food from the food pyramid.
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Inside-out Adaptations

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils describe sea stars adaptations and explain how these enable them to survive in different environments.  In this animal adaptation lesson students watch a video, get into groups and create a list of characteristics of sea stars. 
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Ag in my classroom

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students fill out worksheets and create a poster based on items in their classroom that came from agriculture. In this agriculture lesson plan, students discuss different classroom items and how they were or were not made from agriculture.
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Window Gardens

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use a plastic sandwich bag containing a damp paper towel taped to a window as a model system to observe the germination and early growth of radish seeds. They are challenged to pose a question about seed germination and...
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Sentence Structure Grammar on Noun and Verb

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this grammar activity worksheet, students rewrite sentences by correcting the punctuation mistakes. Students also identify the nouns and action verbs in each sentence. Students complete 7 sentences.
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Irregular Verbs: past and participle tense

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this irregular verbs worksheet, students put irregular verbs into past tense, participle tense, and fill in the blanks to sentences. Students complete 2 activities.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Curious George Rides a Bike

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore language arts by reading a classic book in class. For this story vocabulary lesson, students read the book Curious George Rides a Bike and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Learners define the selected words...
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Rabbits

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students read books, learn about the letter r, and eat carrots all to learn about rabbits. For this rabbits lesson plan, students also do the bunny hop and make rabbits out of play dough.
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Our Changing Environment-- A Demonstration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe and describe changes in an environment when some of the components are changed. They recognize the process of succession by preparing a miniaturized environment in which a variety of plants and seeds are grown.
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WEEDS ON THE WINDOWSILL

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Discuss the suffix "cide." Have students name words having this suffix (homicide, suicide, genocide). Ask students what all these words have in common. Then ask students to define the word "pesticide." (Pesticides control organisms that...