Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Great Plant Escape: What Is the Life Cycle of a Plant?

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this interactive lesson, students learn about categories of plants, plant parts, life cycle, what plants need to grow, and edible plant parts.
Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape Parts of a Seed

For Students 2nd - 6th
Help Detective Le Plant discover how a seed grows into a plant. Students will learn to describe a seed's structure and what's needed for seed growth.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Angiosperm Life Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the life cycle of angiosperms.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Life Cycles of Plants and Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This lesson activity helps students learn that things change over time and how both plants and animals change in their life cycles. They will demonstrate what they've learned on a Venn diagram and a t-chart.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Science: Plants

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Generate comparison charts, crosswords, and journals for recording data on plants and plants processes. One can also find lesson plans and plant experiments, as well as flower and tree resources.
Activity
Channel 4 Learning

4 L: Science Essentials: Choose Life

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A great review for understanding life cycles and many aspects of living things. Find topics and their main ideas, vocabulary review, quizzes, and complementary activities for teachers to use.
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BBC

Bbc Schools: Bitesize: What Are the Stages of a Plant's Life Cycle?

For Students 5th - 8th
This ten question quiz will help you determine your understanding of the parts of a flower. Links are provided that allow you to increase the size of your quiz, see the quiz in different format, read background information prior to...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Plant Life Cycle Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to the alternation of generations, a life cycle characteristic of all plants.
Interactive
Other

Reproduction in Plants and Animals

For Students 2nd - 4th
Reproduction in Plants and Animals. The ability to produce more organism similar to themselves is a very important characteristic of all living organisms. The process by which they do so is known as reproduction. [0:21]
Lesson Plan
Other

Nasa: The Case of the Prize Winning Plants [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This program uses a scenario with fictional detective characters to present plant growth to students. While the unit focuses on the basic needs and parts of plants, the topics of plant classification and adaptations, soil formation and...
Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Lifecycles of Animals and Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
This segment covers the lifecycles of various plants and animals. Illustrations begin with the production of a gamete and describe the processes that occur throughout the lifespan of living creatures.
Article
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Gardens: Butterfly Gardening Fact Sheet [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet provides a comprehensive overview of butterfly gardening. Learn about the life cycle of the butterfly, what plants attract them and what we can do as a society to preserve these marvelous habitats.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Tree Mendous Plots [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
To teach students how to use collect and use real-life data, use this lesson plan to create, populate and analyze graphs to interpret data related to the growth of plants from seeds. The lesson plan then asks students to create a story...
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: The Show: Trees

For Students 3rd - 8th
How much do you think you know about trees? PBS site offers a video and description of the life cycle of trees and their leaves.
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Phenology and Weatherguide Calendar

For Teachers K - 1st
An activity where students observe the grounds around their school to study the plant and animal life cycle. Students will make a map of the school to keep track of their observations. Students will also compare their phenology calendar...
Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: In Search of Green Life

For Students 3rd - 8th
A very simple introduction to the various types of growth and reproductive styles of common plants.
eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Mosses and Liverworts

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson on the classification of mosses and liverworts as well as the physical make up and similarities of the species.
Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade K: From Seed to Plant

For Teachers K Standards
Students gather information from a variety of texts- literary and informational- to describe the connection between people, events, ideas, and pieces of information. Students are introduced to life cycles by learning about how a plant...
Handout
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Bryophyta (Mosses)

For Students 9th - 10th
This general overview of mosses is concise, with good diagrams and illustrations. The text is written at a higher level, but the information to gain is worth taking some time.