Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Financial Flower Garden

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is another in the interesting series of lessons that use the special State Quarters as a learning tool. This one uses the Mississippi State Quarter. During this lesson, pupils learn about the variety of state flowers that represent...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Delany Garden

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design and create a garden. They select flowers in small groups and research them. They draw a diagram of the landscape for their garden and plant flowers and observe them as they grow.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Journey North: Tulip Garden

For Teachers 1st
First graders plant tulip gardens. They explore the nature of bulbs and plant growth. Students participate in a project that tracks the growth of tulips in various climatic areas of North America.
Unit Plan
ReadWriteThink

Let It Grow: An Inquiry-Based Organic Gardening Research Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How does your garden grow? An inquiry-based, organic gardening unit asks young scientists to research a vegetable or flower, create an environment for it, and then plant and tend to the seedling. Gardeners develop their own research...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Financial Flower Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students study about the US Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. Students build their own class botanical garden. Students offer multiplication skills to the building of their own garden.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coaxing Flower Bulbs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete an experiment for coaxing flower bulbs into growth. In this flower growth lesson, students research various types of flower bulbs that may be used to complete a coaxing experiment. Students then complete a flower...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

From Flower to Fruit

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the parts of a flower and how pollination occurs. In this flowers and pollination lesson plan, 2nd graders examine the parts of a flower with a hand lens focusing on the pollen. They watch as a pollinator such as a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pollination Power

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study and examine the structure of a flower.  In this pollination instructional activity, 2nd graders observe pollinators in the garden and dissect a flower. Students then plant strawberry plants in the garden and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Monet's Magical Garden

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students study classic paintings by masters like Monet. In this art history lesson, students listen to the story Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert and sing flower songs with the rest of their class. Students examine the painting The...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bursting Blooms- Create an Early Spring

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students prune a tree.  In this gardening lesson, students select a shrub or tree that has a lot of flower buds and use sharp pruners to cut sections of branches.  Students place the cuttings into cool water and move into a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Seeds We Need

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners apply word analysis skills to recognize new words, identify genres of fiction and nonfiction, and identify important themes and topics. They explore differences in plants, flowers, and vegetables. A book bag full of activities...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flower Dissection

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate th anatomy of a flower. They investigate the structures and processes by which flowering plants generate pollen, ovules, seeds, and fruit through dissection,
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How to Grow a Sunflower Plant

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young scholars explore botany by conducting a sunflower growth experiment. In this plant life lesson, students identify the anatomy of a sunflower plant and the essential nutrients it requires to grow. Young scholars utilize compost,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating a Pollinator Garden

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students build a pollination garden. In this pollination instructional activity, students read directions and build a pollinator garden that will produce flowering plants for pollinator organisms to use in pollination of other plants.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Growing Garden Companions.

For Teachers K - 5th
Students understand that some plants grow better with other plants. In this companion planting lesson, students observe the "three sisters" growing system used by the Native Americans. Students understand that small gardens grow better...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Does Your KinderGarden Grow

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners find forecast and graph weather by using WeatherBug site, create flower books by using Wiggleworks, and plant radish seeds both on KidPix and in class garden.
Unit Plan
Rain Bird Corporation

Rain Forest Teaching Curriculum

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Take young naturalists on an exploration of the world's tropical rainforests with this extensive collection of lessons and activities. Whether its creating leaf and flower prints or investigating the absorption spectrum of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plant Parts and their Function

For Teachers 3rd
Discover why plants are important to our world. View plant parts and categorize them as stems or buds. Students do a cut and paste of pictures of plants into correct categories.  Students also plant a carrot top,and record...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plant Pollination

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate methods of pollination for various flowers. In this plant biology lesson, students learn the parts of a flower and form a hypothesis about the method of pollination for the flower. They determine the validity of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigating Native Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Earth science by participating in a gardening activity. In this botany lesson, students discuss a group of non-native plants that would grow well in a school garden. Students complete a plant science graphic organizer...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Autumn Bulb Planting Outside - Making a Daffodil Spiral

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students plant daffodil bulbs. In this gardening activity, students work outside to plant daffodil bulbs in the autumn so that they can grow roots and emerge by spring.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ph-ocusing on Photosynthesis In and Out of the Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils are introduced to the concept of photosynthesis. As a class, they brainstorm a list of what they already know about plants and individually grow a plant on their own in the classroom. They record their observations daily and...