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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, students use observational skills to compare and discuss the changes in plants. They identify plant parts, where seeds come from, and how they grow.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Tundra Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
Visitors of this site will discover what plant life is found in the tundra and how they are able to survive the adverse weather conditions. Click on the yellow flower to start.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: Plants With Seeds

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the topic of plants that reproduce by seeds.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Seeds to Plants: How to Grow a Plant

For Teachers K - 1st
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.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Seed Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
[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.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Promise of a Seed

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape Parts of a Seed

For Students 2nd - 6th
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: Angiosperms: Seeds in Fruit

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the topic of angiosperms, plants that produce seeds in fruit.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: The Ingenious Stork's Bill Seed Plants Itself!

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Evolution of Seed Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how plants with seeds evolved.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Seeds and Seed Dispersal

For Students 6th - 8th
[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...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: Plants Without Seeds

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of plants that reproduce without seeds.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Vascular Seedless Plants

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Vascular seedless plants have vascular tissue but do not have seeds. Most of the large vascular seedless plants from ancient times are now extinct, but their smaller...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Vascular Seed Plants: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try these five multiple-choice questions about vascular plants. Each question has a clickable hint prompt as well as a self-checking feature.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Seeds and Germination

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Seed House

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars 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 .
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Seed Racer

For Students K - 1st
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!
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Acid Rain: The Affect of Acid on Seed Germination

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology lab, young scholars will investigate whether acid/acid rain affects the germination of seeds through the use of observation, experimentation, data analysis, oral presentations, and scientific writing.
Interactive
Curated Video

How Do Plants Grow? | Knowsy Nina Wants to Know

For Students 2nd - 4th
Knowsy Nina discovers what food plants need in order to grow in this episode! [5:00]
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Dandelion Days

For Students K - 1st
Read about the life cycle of dandelions from their first appearance in the spring. Includes audio narration in 16 additional languages with text in English.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Planting Size vs. Depth

For Students 6th - 8th
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...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: Gymnosperms: Seeds in Cones

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the topic of gymnosperms.
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Other

My Science Box: Raising Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The objective of this lesson is to study the life cycle and structure of plants. Students learn about the concept of classifying objects as either living or non-living by growing plants from seeds, fertilizing them, collecting seed, then...

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