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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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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Many Seeds Do Different Types of Fruit Produce?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Do you like your strawberry jelly with or without the seeds? Are you glad to have a seed-free watermelon, or do you enjoy spitting the seeds into the garden? You might not like to find seeds in your fruit, but fruit is nature's way of...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Gone With the Wind: An Experiment on Seed and Fruit Dispersal

For Students 3rd - 5th
If you have ever made a wish and blown the fluff of a dandelion, you have witnessed how some plants are adapted to spreading their seeds using the wind. The tiny, furry parachute allows the seeds to be picked up by the wind and to be...
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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...
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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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Globio

Glossopedia: Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
Plants are one of the two major Kingdoms of living creatures on the Earth. They are the only beings which produce their own food. Additionally, plants are necessary for animals to live. Plant anatomy, life cycle, reproduction and the...
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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...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 7.6 Vascular Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the structure and function of vascular plants.
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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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Seeds, Soil, and Surprises

For Teachers K - 1st
This site has excellent resources for teaching students about plants. It has a guide to scientific investigation and a glossary of plant terms. There are three lessons that each include a slideshow on the parts of a plant, the needs of...
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Children's Museum

Children's Museum Indianapolis: Plants and Seeds

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will observe the parts of a seed, and identify how the different parts of the seed help a plant germinate.
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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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Science & Plants for Schools

Science & Plants for Schools: Teaching Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of teaching resources to help learners explore plants! Resources investigate anatomy of plants, reproduction and life cycles, fruits, seeds, classification, photosynthesis, factors that affect plant growth, and respiration....
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Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act: 22: Retelling the Tiny Seed

For Teachers 1st
This instructional activity engages students in story retelling to Eric Carle's book, The Tiny Seed. Students will participate in interactive storytelling as they write sentences and illustrate pictures about seed travel.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Do Plants Need Water?

For Teachers 1st
Activity focuses on the impact of water on seed germination.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Sock Walk (Seed Dispersal)

For Teachers 1st
Activity helps with the understanding of seed dispersal.
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Plants Alive: Garden in a Glove Journal

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners will observe the germination and growth of plants from seeds over the course of several days, and record their observations in a journal.
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...
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Other

Growing Carnivorous Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Do I need a terrarium? How do I stimulate seeds to germinate? Where can I buy a carnivorous plant? These questions and more are answered in this informative site.
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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.
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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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