Second graders will plant seeds and chart their growth.

Our eyes are practically magical, but they cannot see everything. For instance, the naked eye cannot see the moment where all four of a horse's legs are in the air or the gradual life cycle of plants- but cameras can capture these...

Kids learn about flowering plants in the science of biology including their life-cycle, structures of a flower, fruit, seeds, and pollination.

Article explaining what viruses are, their evolution, taxonomy, morphology, and replication. Also covers mechanisms by which viruses cause disease, how they can impact on plants, and the potential and real benefits we get from...

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.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Although we generally discuss plants when learning about photosynthesis, keep in mind that plants are not the only organisms that can make their own food. Some...

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...

A lesson on the classification of mosses and liverworts as well as the physical make up and similarities of the species.

A biography of Melvin Calvin, the chemist who figured out how photosynthesis works. The emphasis of this biography is on his early life, the development of his interest in science, and his education.

To teach students how to use collect and use real-life data, use this lesson to create, populate and analyze graphs to interpret data related to the growth of plants from seeds. The lesson then asks students to create a story about the...

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...

This simple lesson plan is designed to help young students be aware of how seeds sprout, and that seeds grow into plants.

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...

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.

A very simple introduction to the various types of growth and reproductive styles of common plants.

Discussion of the conversion of light energy to chemical energy through the life-sustaining process of photosynthesis. Explores the reactions of photosynthesis, where they take place, and their ecological importance.

This resource explains how the alternation of generations occurs in a plant's life cycle where sporophytes and gametophytes each play a role in plant reproduction.