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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Living Things Plants

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart identifies and explains the function of main parts of a plant. It includes various activities for students using the Activboard tools.
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NASA

Nasa: Climate Kids: Make Exploding Seed Balls!

For Students 2nd - 6th
Try this fun recipe for making and growing wildflowers right in your own garden.
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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: From Seeds to Plants

For Teachers K - 1st
In this primary unit on plants, learners use observational skills to compare and discuss the changes in plants. They identify plant parts, where seeds come from, and how they grow.
Activity
Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Activities: Habitat Overcrowding

For Students 3rd - 5th
An experiment where several containers are set up with different numbers of seeds planted in each. The objective is to investigate how seed density affects the health of the plants that grow.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Sprouting Scientists!

For Teachers 1st
Observe and describe plants as they grow from seeds.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Who Needs What?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
The teacher leads a discussion in which students identify the physical needs of animals, and then speculate on the needs of plants. With guidance from the teacher, the students then help design an experiment that can take place in the...
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: An Overview of the Plant Growth Process

For Students 3rd - 5th
Discusses the basic needs of plants and the stages they go through in developing from a seed.
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Can Teach

A Demonstration of Photosynthesis and Transpiration

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students of all ages wonder what happens to a seed when you plant it in the ground. Try this basic experiment and let them explore, pose questions, and make predictions.
Unit Plan
NC State University

Ncsu.edu: Adventures of the Agronauts

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is an online science curriculum on how to grow plants on the Moon. There are six lessons that have a glossary also included. There are movies that demonstrate concepts, and teacher resources. The sites topics cover, the Earth,...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape

For Students 2nd - 5th
Detective Le Plant has taken you on an adventure through the world of plants. As his assistant, he has shown you the inner workings of seeds, flowers, and other plant parts. He has also shown you what is needed for plants to grow and be...
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...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Planting Thoughts

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students gain an understanding of the parts of a plant, plant types and how they produce their own food from sunlight through photosynthesis. They also learn about transpiration, the process by which plants release moisture to the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Seeds: How They Grow

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Texas A&M University

Wildflowers in Bloom: Wildflowers

For Students 9th - 10th
Start wildflowers from seed, find out what your hardiness zone is, learn about seed germination and sunlight needs of plants. All this and more.
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Utah STEM Foundation

Utah Stem Action Center: Sunlight & Water

For Teachers K - 1st
This activity teaches kids about variables by growing three different plants from seed and explains that variables are something that can be changed in an experiment.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Hawaii: What Happens in the Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant?

For Students 4th - 6th
Sophie and Max are growing plants in their greenhouse. Join them, and learn about the life cycle of a plant.
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Curated OER

You Will Find Cycad Cones Growing in the Center of the Plant.

For Students 3rd - 8th
This engaging article on gymnosperms offers good descriptions and background on these seed bearing plants. Learn about their characteristics and what makes these plants different from angiosperms.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Elementary Globe: Earth System in a Bottle

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
If you have seeds at home, try this activity to help kids learn what a seed needs to grow. Young scholars will create experimental conditions in terrariums to study what plants need to live. They will learn about the importance of the...