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Parts of the Flower and Pollination

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students review the parts of the plant and recognize the parts that are important for pollination.  In this pollination lesson, students illustrate and label the parts of a flower.  Students compare different types of flowers.
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6: Parts of a Flower

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students draw and label the parts of a flower using a coin from the Northern Mariana Islands. In this flower parts lesson plan, students look at a transparency of the reverse side of a quarter from the Mariana lslands. They discuss the...
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Paper Plate Sunflowers

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
A great way to recall the parts of a flower is to make one. Little learners create sunflowers out of paint and paper plates. They also discuss and label the various parts of their flowers. 
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Women's Lives in the Victorian Era

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
The lives of middle-class Victorian women were circumscribed by strict standards that governed all aspects of behavior. To gain a better understanding of the Victorian Ideals for women, class members research the life of a middle-class...
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Sponge Painting Flowers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Explore the shapes and colors of spring with a flower themed painting project. Included here are a list of materials and the instructions needed to execute an art instructional activity on sponge painting flowers. Tip: Use in conjunction...
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Learning About Plants- Flowers for a Special Occasion

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore the parts of plants and discover that plants need to grow. In this plant lesson plan, students discuss the parts of the plant and plant petunias. Students can share their plants with friends or families.
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Let's Learn About Plants!

For Teachers K - 1st
After listening to From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons, learners take a walk around their school looking for plants. They use digital cameras to photograph the plants, then construct a class book which has the identities of the plants,...
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Bio Inspired Design Paper Flowers

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Can paper flowers have some of the same properties as real flowers? First, learners investigate how water is absorbed into a flower through capillary action by using real flowers, yarn, and paper. Then, they have an opportunity to create...
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Plant Power

For Teachers 1st
Here is an opportunity for your first graders to take a close look at plants: what they need to survive, how they grow, and the names of each plant part. The book, Corduroy's Garden is used to open the lesson. Then, youngsters utilize...
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Flower Powder

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners collect and observe pollen. In this plant reproduction biology instructional activity, students use pollen boards to collect pollen from flowers, then match it with the correct paper flowers. Learners move artificial bees from...
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Six Plant Parts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners create a harvest burrito out of fruit, flowers, roots, stems, and more. In this plants lesson plan, students go out into the garden and identify the 6 plant parts.
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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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Homes of the World: Ceramic Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Kids consider the various dwellings humans inhabit all over the world. They choose a home from anywhere in the world. Then they research the type of materials, designs, and structures need to build that type of home. The project ends...
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Cycles, Systems, and Webs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review the parts of the plant and their functions.  In this plant lesson, 4th graders recognize that plants must transfer energy to make food.  Students understand the interdependence of organisms in an...
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Sunflower Jigsaw

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize and name the main parts of a flower. In this life science lesson plan, the teacher leads a discussion about the parts of a plant, then students color and cut out the parts of a planet, then glue the parts together...
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Stained Glass Flowers

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Elementary and middle schoolers create decorative flowers using wire armatures and a special paint that remains flexible when it dries. The results from this project are stunning, but the materials needed may be tough to track down. An...
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Desert Discoveries

Built for the Desert

For Teachers 3rd
The saguaro cactus has an amazing ability to survive in a harsh environment. Learners identify the many adaptations for desert life that the saguaro employs. They look at each part of the saguaro and determine what role it plays in the...
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Understanding the Roots

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the parts of a flower. In this earth science lesson, students read the book The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds and identify various plant parts. Students construct a model of a flowering plant from various art supplies.
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Lesson: A Garden Party of My Own

For Teachers K - 5th
Kids look at a beautiful work of art to practice grammar, make connections from life to art, and sketching. They identify all the parts of grammar they see in the image, discuss what they see and do on a picnic, and then draw an imaged...
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Pocket Full of Posies: Ceramics

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
After studying the plant or flower life cycle, have the class create a basket of flowers out of clay. They hone their ceramics skills while they push, pull, then paint clay to look like flowers they've seen in nature. There are several...
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Miss Tizzy

For Teachers K
Students experience ways language and visuals bring characters to life in a story, experience age-appropriate songs, cooking experiences, and art, learn the days of the week in a new learning experience, and engage in hands-on learning...
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Exploring Texture In the Garden

For Teachers K
Students explore the garden environment. In this garden environment lesson, students investigate the needs and parts of a plant. Students discover the differences between fruits and vegetables while creating their own garden.
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Celebration of Trees

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to various, grade appropriate stories about trees. They create their own construction paper trees and discuss the importance of trees to the ecosystem and the importance of taking care of them. Finally, 2nd graders...
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Flower Painting/Printmaking

For Teachers K - 2nd
Using old or donated flowers, little learners create flower prints. They discuss the colors found in nature, paint a background, and then create flowers for their pictures by dipping and pressing real flowers onto their paper.