Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Plant Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide focuses on the fascinating world of plants. Through books and other print materials, and exploration of actual plants, children will identify plants as living things, examine the parts of plants, experiment with what...
Lesson Plan
Science & Plants for Schools

Science & Plants for Schools: Teaching Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of teaching resources to help students explore plants! Resources investigate anatomy of plants, reproduction and life cycles, fruits, seeds, classification, photosynthesis, factors that affect plant growth, and respiration....
Activity
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...
Lesson Plan
Everything ESL

Everything Esl: Growing Flowers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A lesson for young ELL young scholars on how to grow flowers. Teachers will meet the ESL TESOL standards. Lots of resources included in this activity.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Vikings: How Do Plants Grow?

For Students K - 1st
Olaf the viking is learning about the life cycle of plants. Help him tend to his garden as he learns.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act. 17: Observing Plants Through a Journal

For Teachers 1st
This lesson engages students in learning about plant growth. Students will observe changes in a growing plant and then will write in their discovery journals to write observations and hypotheses about the plant growth. Students will also...
Unit Plan
NC State University

Ncsu.edu: Adventures of the Agronauts

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is an online science curriculum on how to grow plants on the Moon. There are six lessons that have a glossary also included. There are movies that demonstrate concepts, and teacher resources. The sites topics cover, the Earth,...
Website
Other

City of Austin: Watershed Protection Office: Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides guidance for what plants will survive the best in the Texas environment, and how to grow and protect them. There is information about native and adapted plants, invasive plant species, plants resistant to deer, backyard ponds,...
Activity
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.
Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Do Plants Need Light?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Plants need air, water, soil, and light to grow. Students learn about plant growth and development by conducting an experiment that demonstrates the importance of light to plants.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Can Plants Be Grown in Space?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This lesson allows students to explore finding a solution to growing plants in space. Students will have the opportunity to conduct a scientific investigation to discover if plants can grow in space. Students will also take a virtual...
Handout
Texas A&M University

Texas Greenhouse Management: Handbook: Growing Media

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive list of growing media from the Texas A&M Dept. of Horticulture.
Handout
Curated OER

National Park Service: Arches National Park: Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the cacti, grasses, lichens, trees, shrubs, and wildflowers that grow in Arches National Park, located in Moab, Utah. Focus is placed on the adaptations of these plants that allow survival in a desert habitat.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Watch That Plant Grow

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This instructional activity allows students to explore horticulture within a controlled environment, a greenhouse. Students engage in hands-on activities as they grow their own plants and chart data concerning the conditions related to...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Shoots: How Do Mint Plants Branch to Form New Stems?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Do you like to climb trees? The branches of trees are what make them so fun to climb. Each branch starts out as a tiny shoot that grows out from a stem. How is the growth of shoots along a stem regulated?
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Invasive Plants

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Invasive plants are non-native plants that grow in an environment that has no native diseases, parasites, or predators. This allows them to grow rapidly and be destructive to native plants.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Inquiry: How Herbs Change Based on Growing Conditions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students will develop writing, math, and inquiry skills by investigating the taste of basil. Students will test basil in different growing conditions while also comparing it to a controlled variable. Students will then...
Website
Primary Resources

Science and Plants for Schools: Living Processes

For Teachers K - 1st
Great site to help teachers enhance learning about plants and how they grow. There are many downloads including lesson plans, experiments, and activities.
Activity
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Do Plants Need?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
In this lesson, students will understand that in order to grow healthy plants, soil, water, light, and air must be provided. Students will use math skills such as measurement and science process skills such as observation, comparing, and...
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Where Do They Grow?

For Students Pre-K - K
Read about where different fruits and vegetables grow. Includes audio narration in six additional languages with text in English.
Handout
Other

Carnivorous Plants and Conservation

For Students 9th - 10th
How can carnivorous plant habitat be destroyed? How can I help save carnivorous plants extinction? Where can I see wild carnivorous plants? These questions and more are answered in this thorough site.
Website
Indiana University

Indiana University: Plants in Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Plants grow and change on a time scale that is too slow for us to observe in real time. Time-lapse photography is a simple technique that allows us to see the movements of plants and clearly demonstrates that plants are living and...
Lesson Plan
Other

Institute of Texan Cultures: Teaching Outside the Classroom: Growing Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson unit on developing a classroom garden in Texas. Students must prepare a plan by analyzing the climate and which crops are best suited to their locale, how much sun their garden will get, which plants grow well together, and what...
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Plants and Food: Three Sisters Soup

For Students 1st - 2nd
Read about how the three sisters - beans, corn, and squash - act as companion plants to support each other's growth. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.

Other popular searches