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Eat Your Plants
Students explore fruits and vegetables. In this fruits and vegetables activity, students work in small groups investigating plant parts. Students discover that fruits and vegetables originate from different parts of plants.
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We Eat Plant Parts
In this edible plants worksheet, students study several elements to a root, leaf, fruit, and stem of a plant. Students complete several questions and draw the different elements.
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Mr. and Mrs. Cress Head
Young scholars explore Earth science by completing a plant art project. In this botany lesson, students utilize tights and soil to create a furry, grassy puppet style animal from cress seeds. Young scholars cut off the excess cress after...
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Flowers and Flowering
In this flower activity, students will complete 5 true or false statements about the reproductive process of flowering plants. Then students will label 7 parts of a flower on a diagram.
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Plant Pipes
Students work together to discover the path water follows in plants. They create multicolored flowers. They label each part of the plant and note their function.
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The Path of Electrons
Students engage in an interactive "hot potato" demonstration to gain an appreciation for the flow of electrons through a circuit. They role play the different parts of a simple circuit and send small items representing electrons (paper...
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Plant Parts and their Function
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...
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Plant Parts and Their Diseases
Students see how certain plants are very important to us. They explain that healthy plants are important to keep people healthy. They study the major parts of a plant (root, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit and seeds) and their basic...
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Introduction to Plants
In this biology lesson, students identify the different types and parts of the plant. They complete a crossword puzzle with 37 questions about plants.
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Adapting to Life on Land
For this plant structure worksheet, 5th graders will use a diagram of a leaf to complete 3 short answer questions on the purpose of a plant's cuticle, open and closed stomata, and leaves.
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Plant Observation and Morphology
Middle schoolers use plant specimens to explore how to recognize differences in plant morphology and to develop a vocabulary to describe these differences. They brainstorm: What is a plant? What parts do plants have? What is a leaf? ...
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How Plants Spice Up Our Lives
Third graders study plants. In this biology lesson plan, 3rd graders label and identify parts of plants, identify spices obtained from plants, and determine what part of a plant a spice comes from by using taste, touch, smell and sight.
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Food, Food, And More Food From Plants!
Students examine the edible parts of a plant and explore their function. They define what makes a fruit classified as a fruit. They create a sketch or map or photo of a 1930s farm and justify their plant selections.
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Plant Nutrition and Nutrients
Students observe seeds growth and examine the different parts of the seedling. For this biology lesson, students compare the growth of seeds planted in soil and in hydroponics. They record their observations in their science journal and...
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Plant Cells and Tissues
In this plants worksheet, students review 17 vocabulary words associated with the different types of plant cells and tissues. This worksheet has 17 matching questions.
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The Dirt on Plants
Students draw and label the four parts of a plant. They describe changes that are part of the common life cycle. Students follow various one and two step directions. They are asked to discuss that they can recall about plants.
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Life Cycle of Brassica Plants: Planting Seeds
Students explore botany by participating in a calendar class activity. In this plant observation lesson, students examine a diagram of a Brassica plant and identify its anatomy before planting their own seeds and viewing the changes over...
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The Mysterious Plant Caper
Young scholars investigate the basic parts of plant and that plants are living things which require water, air, light and nutrients for survival. They do this through a series of scientific experiements and multi-curricular hands-on...
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Plant Life Cycle
In this exploring the processes from seed to reproduction of a plant online interactive learning exercise, students read a passage explaining the plant life cycle and answer multiple choice questions about what they read. Students choose...
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Roots, Stems, and Leaves
In this plant worksheet, students review the structure and function of roots, stems, and leaves. This worksheet has 5 matching, 7 true or false, 4 multiple choice, and 10 fill in the blank questions.
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From One Seed Grow Many Seeds
First graders practice identifying plants by singing a song. In this plant life lesson, 1st graders sing the song "Parts of a Plant" which is based on the anatomy of sunflowers. Students discover agriculture techniques while...
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Functions of Leaves
The title is a little deceiving since only one of 17 slides is dedicated to the function of leaves, while the rest is dedicated to the structure. Both internal and external structure is taught with accompanying diagrams. If you are going...
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Coral Polyp Party
Students complete a project where they label the parts of a coral polyp and discuss the differences between plants and animals. Students use marshmallows, sprinkles, toothpicks, and more to label their coral polyp.
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Vegetable Party
Students classify vegetables and eat them as a salad. In this multi-disciplinary science and health lesson, students bring various vegetables to school and classify them in several different ways. Then with parent helpers, the students...