The claim-testing gang find themselves in a bind and conduct their own experiment to show how agriculture leads to more complex societies.

What does farming have to do with invention and innovation? Patricia Russac explores how farming was a major innovation leading to the civilization we know today. [3:59]

Plants have evolved many clever mechanisms to ensure that their seeds will wait for appropriate conditions before sprouting. Some may only germinate after a fire, others only after going through a cold spell. This project explores one...

Cryopreservation-storing seeds in ultra-cold liquid nitrogen-is one method for maintaining plant genetic stocks in seed banks. The purpose of this project is to observe the characteristics and outcomes of cryogenically frozen seedlings...

In this lesson, students will plant seeds, record the changes, and connect the relationship of seeds to plants. This lesson should be taught at the beginning of plant unit.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in...

Students will communicate in oral, artistic, written and nonverbal form as they study seeds and their growth. Students will plant seeds, make observations about the seeds' growth, and report their observations to peers .

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.

How are prairie plants able to survive fires? This site will explain how seed germination takes place after a prairie fire.

A webpage for a course on plant biology for non-science majors. The course covers how plants function, diversity among plants, and the roles of plants in the environment. Site includes lectures, a plant project, and a sample exam.

Learn about the Erodium cicutarium, a plant also known as the stork's bill, that has a unique way of dispersing its own seeds. Includes video.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Plants seem to grow wherever they can. How? Plants can't move on their own. So how does a plant start growing in a new area? Learn more about seeds and seed...

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...

Follow these step-by-step instructions to create a cute little friend with real-growing hair made of grass and grass seeds.

A video and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the topic of plants that reproduce by seeds.

Describes the parts of a seed and the stages in its germination. Has a few embedded ads.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text explaining how a seed grows into a plant. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This lesson focuses on seeds and the plants they grow into. It includes kinds and sizes of seeds, pollination of plants, plant parts, how seeds travel, and what plants need to grow.

After planting three flower seeds (same variety), students will observe changes and note details about how they grow by keeping a log book to record these changes over a period of 8-10 weeks.

Site features high school-level comprehensive info on the structure and function of seed plants organized into shoot and root systems. While presented with lots of detail, clear illustrations and animations help make sense of the parts...

This is a WebQuest that is designed to introduce students to plant science. Activities enhance student's math, science, language arts, social studies, music and art. There are many options in this program. Choose any or all of the...

Students investigate the effects of air temperature on seed germination by preparing seeds for germination and placing them in locations of varying temperatures. Students will monitor and record data concerning the temperatures and...

A video and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the topic of angiosperms, plants that produce seeds in fruit.

An experiment where first-graders plant seeds and monitor their growth. Prior to planting, they decide on an inquiry question, and how they will find out the answer through the experiment.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how plants with seeds evolved.