Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Bees Help Plants Have Sex

For Students 9th - 10th
Fernanda S. Valdovinos explains how intricate pollination networks work and how it can all change from one season to the next. [5:25]
Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Pollinators at Home: Intro to Pollinator Gardening

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how to provide native plants that foster the activity of insects and other pollinators.
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: Flowers

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the structure and functions of flowers.
Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Reproduction in Plants

For Students 2nd - 8th
Discusses reproduction in plants either sexual or asexual and describes reproduction parts and pollination.
Handout
Other

Clermont College: Coevolution and Pollination

For Students 9th - 10th
The first part of this page explores coevolution by giving some examples.
Lesson Plan
Science & Plants for Schools

Science & Plants for Schools: Pollination, Fertilization, Fruits [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Great PDF to teach learners about plant reproduction and life cycle. There are many teacher printables.
eBook
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Flower and Tree Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the reproduction chapter from an online text, courtesy of the Forest Biology Department of Virginia Tech. Learn about trees, their flowers, and other details of their reproductive cycle.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Flowering Plants

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about flowering plants in the science of biology including their life-cycle, structures of a flower, fruit, seeds, and pollination.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Mendel's Pea Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A breakdown of biologist Gregor Mendel's genetic experiments with pea plants to clarify controlling self and cross pollination.
Website
Other

Ny Botanical Garden: Fungal and Plant Diversity

For Students 9th - 10th
Findings of an expedition by the New York Botanical Garden in French Guiana to investigate vegetation.
Activity
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Grassland Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden explores some commonly asked questions about the prairie and prairie plants.
Handout
Other

Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Biological Science

For Students 9th - 10th
All about plants has information on plant parts--seeds, flowers, fruits, roots, and spores--and plant processes--seed dispersal, germination, pollination, and photosynthesis. You can also take a tour of this Los Angeles-based...
Online Course
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Plant Biology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
Website
Estrella Mountain Community College

Flowering Plant Reproduction: Fertilization and Fruits

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information and illustrations of the reproduction process in flowers. Learn more about flowers, double fertilization, seeds, fruit and vegetative propagation.
Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genetic Inheritance Follows Certain Rules

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what happened when Mendel crossed two hybrid pea plants. The animations do a good job explaining why these crosses produce a 3:1 ratio of traits.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Life Science: Plant Reproduction

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at the processes of sexual reproduction in flowering plants, including pollination, fertilization (seed production), seed dispersal, and germination.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: All About Seeds

For Students 1st - 4th
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.
Handout
Texas A&M University

Tamu: Aggie Horticulture: School Gardens

For Students 3rd - 5th
Teachers and students interested in finding information on how to start a garden in their school will find this site very helpful. This site, sponsored by the Department of Horticulture Sciences at Texas A&M University, includes a...
Handout
Other

Biology: Evolution of Sexual Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This paper, the work of a Ph.D. researcher, presents an interesting discussion of the reasons that assexual reproduction is not used by most organisms. Toward the end is a specific discussion of reproduction in plants. Advantages and...
Website
Estrella Mountain Community College

Estrella Mountain Community College: Flower Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
Site covers all aspects of plant reproduction such as life cycles, angiosperms and flowers. Provides links to other sites to aide in research.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Jonathan Driori: The Beautiful Tricks of Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
In this brillant talk, Jonathan Drori shows the amazing ways flowering plants have evolved to attract pollinators and discusses how plants reproduce in a variety of ways. [13:49]
Handout
Nature Conservancy

Nature Works Everywhere: Garden Tip Sheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Four tip sheets on how to grow a rain garden, a pollinator garden, a native habitat garden, and a school garden. Includes links to lots of resources.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Life Cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this unit, children learn that plants and animals reproduce as part of their life cycle and that in every life cycle there are distinct processes and stages. They should begin to understand how...
Website
National Audubon Society

National Audubon Society: Audubon Adventures: The Buzz About Native Bees

For Students 3rd - 8th
Resources for learning about the important role bees play in pollinating plants, especially those we eat. Includes a student magazine full of information about bees, an interactive pollination chart, and a quiz.