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Vocabulary Study: Chapter 3A Science: Plants

For Teachers 4th
As a quick review of plants this presentation would be perfect. Plant concepts such as photosynthesis, pistil, pollination, roots, and stamen are covered. There are colorful graphics that make it inviting and easy to understand.
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Photosynthesis and Cell Respiration

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in scientific inquires regarding the concepts of photosynthesis and cell respiration. In this photosynthesis and cell respiration lesson, 5th graders describe the process of photosynthesis with relation to...
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Can Photosynthesis Occur at Saturn?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify the different requirements for photosynthesis to take place. For this space science lesson, students simulate conditions in Saturn to investigate if photosynthesis is possible there. They use data and observations...
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Terrestrial Sequestration- Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the differences between cellular respiration and photosynthesis.  For this cellular processes lesson students complete a group lab activity to see how climate change affects their lives. 
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The Discovery of Photosynthesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore how scientists discover photosynthesis. In this biology lesson, students identify the basic requirements for photosynthesis to happen. They recreate past scientists' experiments and record their observations.
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Ecology of the Savanna-Forest Boundaries in Central Brazil

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore photosynthesis. In this photosynthesis lesson, students label parts of photosynthesis and take notes. Students conduct experiments on leaves, make observations and record their findings.
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Candy Chemosynthesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain chemosynthesis and photosynthesis using candy. In this chemosynthesis lesson, students work cooperatively to create a visual explanation of the chemical equations of photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.
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Rice Farming

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate how farmers get more rice from their land. In this farming lesson, 3rd graders discover things that farmers to do produce more rice. Students study photosynthesis and illustrate pictures about it. Students test...
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Design a Reef!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore coral reef ecosystems.  In this ecosystems science lesson, students research coral reef ecosystems to determine the major functions the participating organisms must perform.  Students construct a miniature...
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Carbon Cycle Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this carbon cycle lesson, middle schoolers review the carbon cycle and visit stations in the room where they experience every phase in the carbon cycle. Middle schoolers journal about their journey through the cycle and...
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Does Clear Water mean Healthy Water?

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Learners test their local aquatic site to determine its water clarity. They collect a water sample and measure its turbidity using a sensor, then they repeat the experiment to obtain a second turbidity reading to find the average value.
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GED Vocabulary: Life Science

For Students 9th - 12th
In this life science worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given eight clues about and a word bank about cloning, evolution, the human brain, photosynthesis and the respiratory system.
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GED Vocabulary: Life Science

For Students 9th - 12th
For this life science worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given nine clues and nine terms. Topics include systems of the body and their structures, cloning, photosynthesis and denitrification.
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Let There Be Light

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners plant seeds and learn about photosynthesis.  In this photosynthesis instructional activity, students plant watercress seeds, cut a design into cardboard and cover the seedlings with the cardboard.  Learners observe as...
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Glove Gardens

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate how seeds sprout. In this scientific inquiry lesson, students make predictions on which seeds will grow the fastest and observe the seeds over a period of time. Observations are recorded into a journal.
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Photosynthesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate photosynthesis in water plants. In this photosynthesis lesson plan, students use the elodea plant and observe gas bubbles released to determine the rate of photosynthesis. They vary the light intensity and the amount...
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Photosynthesis, Respiration, and the ATP-ADP Cycle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the processes of photosynthesis and respiration. In this photosynthesis and respiration lesson plan, students learn about the role of the chloroplasts in photosynthesis and about the role of mitochondria in...
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Photosynthesis: A Controlled Experiment

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate the amount of starch in a plant under 3 different conditions. In this photosynthesis lesson plan, students compare the amount of starch in a plant with increased carbon dioxide conditions, a plant with decreased...
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Planting

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the parts of a plant and how they live and grow. In this plant growth lesson plan, 5th graders investigate the processes that plants go through to produce oxygen and release moisture. Diagrams, images, and background...
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Standard 4-Photosynthesis, Diseases and the Immune System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this photosynthesis, disease and Immune System worksheet, students fill in the blanks with key terms to complete sentences about the transfer of energy from the sun to plants, enzymes as catalysts in reactions, homeostasis, the immune...
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Standard 4 Review Sheet-Key Ideas Biology-The Living Environment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this living environment worksheet, students answer a variety of questions about living organisms, the processes they go through to make food and break down food, absorb nutrients, and release toxins. They explain homeostasis, they...
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The Effects of Light Intensity and Wavelength on the Rate of Photosynthesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use an on line website to simulate the effects of light intensity and wavelength on photosynthesis. In this photosynthesis lesson plan, students determine how wavelength of light and intensity of light affect the rate at which...
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Rate of Photosynthesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the rate of photosynthesis using elodea leaves. In this photosynthesis lesson plan, students place elodea in a test tube filled with water. They include baking soda and place the test tube under a lamp. Learners...
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Energy in a Cell

For Students 8th - 11th
In this cell energy learning exercise, students are given clues about the light capturing process in plants and the energy producing reactions in animals to complete a crossword puzzle.