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Curated OER

Sowing Seeds: the Beginning of the Fast Plant Life Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners plant seeds, observe and tend plants. They identify major plant parts, how to germinate and troubleshoot problems with plants; and, that plants need water, light, and soil nutrients to thrive. They create a Plant Growth Data Log.
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Curated OER

Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
What does it mean to grow? To germinate? For the plan detailed here, class members investigate the growth process of an oak tree while focusing on the beginning stages of planting and germination. They plant seeds and record observations...
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Curated OER

Up From the Ground

For Teachers 1st
First graders sequence the development of a plant. In this plant life activity, 1st graders listen to a story about how a plant grows, students view a PowerPoint presentation and learn new vocabulary. Finally, students sequence the...
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Curated OER

Log Hotel

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify how the different plants and animals work together to cause the changes in the log. Students discuss the sequence of events in the life of the tree and log. Students plant a seed to take home and care for. Students...
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Oklahoma State University

Hairy Heredity

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Young scholars learn that heredity comes down to the flip of a coin with this cross-curricular math and science lesson. Using smiley faces as a model, students toss coins to determine which dominant or recessive traits...
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Curated OER

Pumpkin Science

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Pupils investigate how plants grow by analyzing pumpkins. For this agricultural lesson, students read The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll, and draw pictures of a pumpkin in each of its growing stages. Pupils measure and dissect real...
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Curated OER

Let's Make Stew!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate how to create a vegetable garden and complete related activities. In this vegetable garden lesson plan, students receive agriculture notebooks to complete vocabulary for the gardening lesson plan. Students read...