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Life Cycles
Learners identify and explain the parts of a flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants. For this online plant biology lesson, students explore the processes of pollination, seed dispersal, and germination. Extension...
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Salad Party
Students bring different plant parts in order to make one big salad. They observe each part and classify it.
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Apple Blossoms and Pollination
Learners explore the concept of pollination. For this pollination lesson, students examine the parts of an apple blossom and then compare and contrast pollination and cross-pollination.
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The Bulbs: Camas and Daffodil
Fourth graders become aware of the importance of the camas bulb to the Nez Perce people, they learn the parts of plants, and gain understanding of the interdependence of Nature. They study about the possible causes and outcomes of global...
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Plants Spiral Puzzle
For this plants crossword, students solve clues for parts and definitions of plants to complete the crossword. Students complete 8 spaces in the crossword.
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Life Cycles
In this plant life cycle worksheet, students study the diagram of the flower. Students match the term and description that fits each part of the flower.
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A Leaf, a Stem, a Root, Oh My!
Students conduct Internet research on plants and complete a WebQuest on vegetable plants. They use a graphic organizer to display their findings, observe actual vegetables and design a salad, noting which part of each plant is included.
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Around the Water Cycle--A Reader's Theater
Learners read aloud a play script in a group to research the water cycle. They take the parts of raindrops. The amount of raindrops can be adjusted to fit group size.
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Introduction to Plants
In this biology lesson, high schoolers identify the different types and parts of the plant. They complete a crossword puzzle with 37 questions about plants.
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The Joy of a Garden-Earth Day
Students explore the purpose of a garden. In this Earth Day instructional activity, students read the story The Gardener and complete a Venn diagram comparing life in a city to farm life. Students discuss Earth Day and plant flowers in a...
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Water Properties introduction
Young scholars list items they know and want to know about water on personal K-W-L charts. They describe what happened during the warm up activity in their science journal. Students travel to four different stations and perform the...
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I'm Here, I'm There, I'm Everywhere-I'm Super Spud!
Students generate a computer model of a potato plant. In this potato lesson plan, students study the history of potatoes, the variety of potatoes, the functions of the potato plant parts, and make a potato model on the computer.
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Sock Walk (Seed Dispersal)
Students collect seeds from field plants as part of understanding seed dispersal.
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Honeybee
Students investigate honeybees and the importance of honeybees to humans. They identify the various parts of a bee's body using velcro parts, role-play a hive, and answer review questions.
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Peanut Anatomy
Students explore the peanut plant. In this peanut instructional activity, students discuss the needs and parts of regular plants. They research peanut plants to see why they are unique.
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Birds, Bees and Butterflies
Students complete a variety of activities surrounding science, music and art. In this nature and animals lesson, students sing songs, color a picture of make a butterfly, listen and dance to music, make a butterfly, recite riddles...
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Nuts About Peanuts
First graders explore peanuts. In this peanut lesson plan, 1st graders examine the parts of peanut plants and identify them. Students plant their own peanut plants and chart their growth.
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Patagonia or Namib, Where Do I Belong?
Students compare and contrast the African Ostrich from the Namib Desert and the Rhea from Patagonia. They watch and discuss a PBS video, identify and record characteristics of each bird in their science journal, and create life-size...
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Rain Forest Animals Crossword
In this science and language arts worksheet, students complete a 16 word crossword puzzle about rain forest animals. Each clue is a hint to identify an animal of the rain forest. There is no word bank. Answers are provided on page 2.
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Archaeology For Kids Quiz 85
In this archaeology for kids quiz 85 instructional activity, student interactively answer 12 multiple choice questions about honoring the dead in ancient cultures, as part of an online magazine.
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Using Your Senses
In this using your senses learning exercise, students read a 1 page article on senses and then connect 6 body parts to their actual senses by drawing a line from one to the other.
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Make Your Own Garden
Students explore gardening. For this Quiet in the Garden lesson plan, students read the picture book by Aliki and extend the lesson by taking part in up to 5 hands-on activities.
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Trait Variations for Survival
Young learners examine how different traits could give one organism an advantage over another. In groups, they view two different organisms in different environments. To end the instructional activity, they complete a Venn Diagram on the...
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Second Grade Science Textbooks
Second graders create their own science textbooks. They work in small, cooperative science teams to plan and create their textbooks. In addition, they photograph their group work, projects, materials and specimens, and other images.