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.

Providing advanced information on seed anatomy and structure, this site from a German University offers many illustrations, descriptions, and examples of seeds based on research taking place in the Gerhard Leubner lab. Topics covered...

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...

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

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the parts of a seed and the classification and evolution of seed plants.

Nicking, filing, and soaking the seed in hot water or acid are all forms of scarification, or ways to speed up germination by breaking down the shell. Mary Koga offers some tips to spur your sprouts. [3:35]

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.

A brief description on the parts of a seed. Two large, and clear pictures of a seed are included.

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 .

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...

Help Plum collect all the different kinds of seeds before time runs out. Fun, interactive game shows how different seeds propagate. Look out for those crows!

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...

In this biology lab, students will investigate whether acid/acid rain affects the germination of seeds through the use of observation, experimentation, data analysis, oral presentations, and scientific writing.

This lesson will be introduced to the students as a part of a unit of study about plants. The students will learn to accurately diagram the parts of a seed and will predict what conditions are needed for germination.

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

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

A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of plants that reproduce without seeds.

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...

An extensive database of seeds. Learn how the different types of seeds germinate. Information is from Thompson and Morgan.

This is the full text of the book of poems Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Amy Lowell. It includes two sets of poems: "Sword Blades" and "Poppy Seed."

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