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Plant Transpiration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct various experiments to investigate plant transpiration. In this biology activity, students explain how this process helps maintain the hydrologic cycle. They measure the rate of water loss in plants using a potometer.
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Plant Parts

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this plant parts worksheet, students read for information and demonstrate comprehension. In this true and false, fill in the blank, short answer, and multiple choice worksheet, students answer ten questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Do Plants Need Water?

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe the effects of varying amounts of water, sun, and air on lima bean plants. They also predict and describe their outcomes in a written report.
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Worksheet
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Plant Parts And What They Do (5.2)

For Students 4th - 6th
In this identifying plant parts and what they do worksheet, students answer multiple choice, true and false, and fill in the blanks with the best vocabulary words. Students write fifteen answers.
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Lesson Plan
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Plant Parts and their Function

For Teachers 3rd
Discover why plants are important to our world. View plant parts and categorize them as stems or buds. Students do a cut and paste of pictures of plants into correct categories.  Students also plant a carrot top,and record the growth and...
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Lesson Plan
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Celery

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a wonderful series of lesson plans that use celery to faciliate all sorts of learning. By the end of the lessons, youngsters should know how celery is grown, how celery is used in homes and restaurants, and they will understand...
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PPT
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Plant Structure and Growth

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
This plant structure and function PowerPoint addresses the main organs and the factors that affect its development as well as going into detail about the specializations at a cellular level.   The cell functions and system adaptations...
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Worksheet
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Plant Vocabulary

For Students 3rd
In this plant worksheet, 3rd graders study vocabulary associated with plant life.  Students use the given words to complete 9 fill in the blank statements.
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University of Wisconsin

Rain Garden Species Selection

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
The activity really comes to life within its intended unit on starting a rain garden. Working in groups, participants research native plants and coordinate them with the conditions in the designated garden area. Give the class access to...
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Worksheet
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The Plant Food Factory

For Students 5th
Plants need sun and water to survive. Let kids discover these facts by reading a block of informational text and considering a scientific quandary. They read the text, then use the information to complete a two-part question about plant...
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Lesson Plan
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Get to The Root of It!

For Teachers K
Students study a real plant to explore its parts. They discover the function of the plant parts which they diagram and label.
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Lesson Plan
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Groundwater as Part of the Water Cycle

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study the effects of soil and rocks on filtering groundwater.  In this groundwater lesson students complete a lab activity that includes sources of contamination. 
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Lesson Plan
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Function of a Stem

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders perform an experiment to test the function of a stem. In this science lesson, 4th graders write a description of their investigations. Students also explain how the stem interacts with the rest of the plant. Students use...
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Lesson Plan
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Dry-Land Kalo-Growing New Plants from Stems

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore Hawaiian plants. In this Hawaii culture and botany lesson, students plant the haha(stem) of a taro plant. Students listen to Hawaiian myths about the taro plant and chorally speak a Hawaiian chant of protection. Students...
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Lesson Plan
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Plant Nutrition and Nutrients

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe seeds growth and examine the different parts of the seedling. In this biology lesson, students compare the growth of seeds planted in soil and in hydroponics. They record their observations in their science journal and...
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Lesson Plan
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Growing Stages of a Rice Plant

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make a chart to compare the growth of a wheat plant verses the growth of a rice plant. In this planting lesson plan, 3rd graders study the growth of the 2 plants and show the similarities and differences.
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Worksheet
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Roots, Stems, and Leaves

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this plant instructional activity, students review the structure and function of roots, stems, and leaves. This instructional activity has 5 matching, 7 true or false, 4 multiple choice, and 10 fill in the blank questions.
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Plant Parts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize the parts of the plant and the function it provides.In this plant parts lesson, students participate in three activities relating to plant parts and properties.
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Plant Structure and Function

For Students 6th - 12th
With a few minor formatting changes, the plant parts and processes resource here would make a great study guide, quiz, or self assessment. Currently, it is a bit confusing, but changing some lettering to numbering would clear up any...
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Allegany-Limestone Central School

Plantae WebQuest

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Send your young life scientists on a plant webquest that has them reading case studies to decide if seeds are seeds and plants are plants. 
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Parts of a Plant- Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 6th
In this parts of a plant non-fiction reading worksheet, students read 2 pages that describe the parts of a plant and their jobs. They answer 10 fill in the blank and 2 short answer questions based on the reading.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Why Roots, Stems, and Leaves are Important

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars use the Internet to research the importance of leaves, stems and roots to plants. They participate in a hands-on experiment to identify the functions of different plant parts.
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Worksheet
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Plant Structure

For Students 6th - 10th
In this plant science worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 48 questions. They identify the different parts of a plant.
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Worksheet
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Plant Systems

For Students 4th - 5th
In this plant systems worksheet, students write true or false for the 10 sentences about plant systems. Students then label the parts of the plant.