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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the natural variations present in a variety of organisms by examining sunflower seeds and Wisconsin fast growing plants. They consider and discuss the role of heredity in natural selection. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students identify plant parts and what a plant needs to survive and reproduce. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 5th
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Students participate in activities that start with the letter "S". They also expand their vocabulary. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students, as a culminating activity following a unit on seeds, examine and eat sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and nuts. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students, in groups, visit an exhibit and for a prairie scavenger hunt to locate sunflowers and name products made from them. After sketching a prairie dog, they find nature cues farmers use when growing plants and raising animals. The hunt concludes with students identifying examples of recycling in the exhibit. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students conduct experiments demonstrating forest succession. They create a forest in a jar using sunflower seeds to represent trees. Students record their observations in journals and evaluate the process of succession. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students identify the parts of a plant. They discuss what plants need to grow, survive and reproduce; write about their favorite flowers; make sunflowers out of paper plates; sing songs about flowers and read plant stories. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students investigate a flower plant and the plant cycle. They extend observational skills when looking at a tree by observing, questioning and sharing ideas. They observe a living and nonliving flower and compare and contrast how they are alike and different. Full Review »
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Students view examples of books about artists and their work. They discuss different elements in the paintings to imitate, as well as the principles of art. Students discuss the use of color and techniques. They sketch the lines and shapes that will be painted. Students paint their version of Vincent VanGough's "Sunflowers" painting. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students observe the picture by P. Gauguin of Van Gogh painting sunflowers. They make silhouettes of main shapes and color them to get areal plans and discuss the relationship among the finished areal plans and used colors. They then make permanent connections about dynamics of colors and areal plans. Full Review »
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