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Fermilab Flora and Fauna Virtual Exhibit: The Monarch Butterfly and Milkweed
This site traces the life cycle of the monarch butterfly and contains links for more in depth study of the terms presented.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Light Reactions of Photosynthesis
[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...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Pumpkins and Apples, Oh My!
Students will be able to compare and contrast two non-fiction books with a similar theme - in this case, plant life cycles. Extensive resources included such as worksheets, samples of student work, assessment ideas, extension activities,...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape Parts of a Seed
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.
Texas A&M University
Peer Curricula: Story Time: Melvin Calvin
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.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Cameras See That Our Eyes Don't
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...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Ocean Planet
Detailed website that was a companion to a 1995 traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian. Links to lesson plans and other educational materials are at the bottom of the page. Enter the exhibition to explore the world of the ocean.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Pollination Parties
This lesson helps students understand the concept of pollination. Objectives, materials, procedures, adaptations, discussion questions, evaluation, extensions, suggested readings, links, vocabulary, and academic standards are all included!
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade K: From Seed to Plant
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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Seeds: How They Grow
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...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Virtual Field
A virtual lab that explores how offspring inherit different traits from their parents. Investigate these traits both in animals and plants. Understand that variations in offspring can lead to traits that allow survival. Lab includes...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv: The Show: Trees
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.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: In Search of Green Life
A very simple introduction to the various types of growth and reproductive styles of common plants.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Intro to Photosynthesis
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Third Grade Science
This customizable digital textbook covers topics related to third-grade science. It is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Biodiversity: Fern
Explains what differentiates ferns from other plants, their physical characteristics, taxonomy, life cycle, how they evolved, and where they occur.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Gametophyte and Sporophyte
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.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Microbiology: Virus
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...
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Planting Seeds
This simple lesson plan is designed to help young students be aware of how seeds sprout, and that seeds grow into plants.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Mosses and Liverworts
A lesson on the classification of mosses and liverworts as well as the physical make up and similarities of the species.
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PBS
Pbs Teachers: Tree Mendous Plots [Pdf]
To teach young scholars how to use collect and use real-life data, use this instructional activity to create, populate and analyze graphs to interpret data related to the growth of plants from seeds. The instructional activity then asks...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Plant Kingdom: Photosynthesis
An introduction to the nitrogen cycle as it relates to plant photosynthesis. Find out how plants obtain the nitrogen they need for life.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Bryophyta (Mosses)
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.
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