Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Colorful Nutrients

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners participate in an experiment to understand how plants get nutrients. For this plant nutrition, lesson students examine how colored water goes through the stem of a plant to the flower. Learners discuss the parts of the flower...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Plant Parts

For Students K - 1st
Little ones identify the parts of a plant and practice following directions at the same time. They color each part of the flowering plant the color indicated on the sheet. Roots are brown, leaves are green, the flower is red, and the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Flowers and Their Life Cycles

For Students 7th - 10th
First-time florists will be able to label the structures of simple and composite flowers after reading this handout and answering the comprehension questions. There are a couple of grammatical errors in the text, but the content is...
Interactive
Curated OER

Parts of the Flower

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this biology instructional activity, students examine a diagram of a flower and read a selection that describes all of the parts including the petals, the stamen, the anther, and the sepals. They answer 11 on-line fill in the blank...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parts of a Plant

For Teachers K
Students explore biology by listening to an in-class lecture. In this plant science lesson, students sing songs with their classmates regarding anatomical parts of a plant and create plants from arts and crafts materials. Students listen...
Lesson Plan
National Wildlife Federation

Pollinator's Journey: Grades K-4

For Teachers K - 4th
What's it like to migrate as a pollinator? Teachers provide direct instruction about the roles of pollinators such as butterflies on plants along with the threats they encounter. The class then acts out a story of the migration of bats...
Lesson Plan
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Parts of a Plant

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify the parts of a plant and their functions. In this plant biology instructional activity, students view a PowerPoint presentation on plants and their parts and discuss the functions of each part. Students observe a real...
Organizer
ARKive

Parts of the Plant

For Students 2nd - 5th
Every good lesson on plant life should have a good activity to go along with it. Here is a very nice activity that requires students to label the four main parts of a plant. Included is a second activity that shows three different modes...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Label the Parts of a Plant

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this parts of a plant activity, students practice labeling the four main essential parts of a plant: stem, flowers, roots and leaves.
PPT
Curated OER

Basic Parts of the Plant

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Beginning botanists learn basic plant structure by viewing this presentation. It is somewhat lifeless because there are no photos, so you will want to display actual plants as you work through the slides. The information, however, is...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning the Parts of a Plant

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover the anatomy of a plant by labeling a picture.  In this botany instructional activity, 1st graders examine and dissect several real plants in class and define their different parts.  Students utilize the...
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
Berkshire Museum

The Three Life-Giving Sisters: Plant Cultivation and Mohican Innovation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Children gain first-hand experience with Native American agriculture while investigating the life cycle of plants with this engaging experiment. Focusing on what the natives called the Three Sisters - corn, beans, and squash - young...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sunflower Jigsaw

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize and name the main parts of a flower. In this life science lesson, 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...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Parts of a Plant

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this parts of a flower worksheet, students draw a flower in the space provided and label the stem, leaves, roots, and flower.
Unit Plan
Rural Science Education Program

Bees and Flowers – Partners in Pollination

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Why are bees so important? After several activities where kids investigate the form and function of flowers, they learn about the different types of bees and label them. They then examine pollen under a microscope and decide which bees...
Lesson Plan
Captain Planet Foundation

Which Plant Is Which?

For Teachers 5th
Learn about dichotomous keys, plant identification, and how to care for the planet with a lesson that includes several hands-on and innovative activities. Kids go on a plant scavenger hunt and classify the plants that they find...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How to Grow a Sunflower Plant

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore botany by conducting a sunflower growth experiment. In this plant life lesson plan, students identify the anatomy of a sunflower plant and the essential nutrients it requires to grow. Students utilize compost, soil,...
PPT
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Study of Plants

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
This plants PowerPoint identifies and lists the main functions of the basic parts of a plant. Each slide displays 2-4 bullet points using concise language for efficient learning. After each plant part is described, the students play a...
PPT
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Parts of the Plant and Their Functions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Delving into this slideshow will help the students understand the composition of plants and their structures. Each slide identifies certain structures and explores how they support the plant's survival along with assisting our...
Worksheet
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The Purpose of Each Part of a Plant

For Students 4th - 6th
Beginning botanists can sketch the parts of a plant in individual boxes, or better yet, they can tape or glue actual plant parts in them. Beside each box are a few sentences with selected words left out. From the word bank at the bottom...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fantastic Flower

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a clever lesson on pollination of flowers for you. In it, learners study the anatomy of a flower, and play a game in which they simulate the process of pollination. This fine plan brings in elements of art, physical education,...
Lesson Plan
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Flower Dissection

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Beginning biologists pull a flower apart and familiarize themselves with the different reproductive structures. Why have them learn only from just a book or diagram when they can examine real samples? There is no link to the referenced...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Planting We Will Go

For Teachers K - 2nd
Even the youngest kids can make scientific comparisons using collected data. They read The Tiny Seed, then discuss the essential nutrients and elements needed for a seed to grow into a blooming plant. They plant seeds and track their...