Students adopt tress on their school campus for scientific observation purposes. In this tree science lesson, students adopt a tree at their school, observe the season changes for the tree, and create a PowerPoint presentation about the...

In this researching the nutrient cycle worksheet, students read about the cycle of nutrients, look at the diagram, then answer two questions by doing research on this topic.

Students classify vegetables and eat them as a salad. In this multi-disciplinary science and health instructional activity, students bring various vegetables to school and classify them in several different ways. Then with parent...

Students examine plant systems. In this life science lesson, students explore leaf and root systems on paper in a terrarium that they design and construct.

This PowerPoint features a game based on the animal life. The interactive slides include 20 questions about animal needs, animal groups, and animal traits. The questions include multiple choice answers and 4 different levels of...

For this desert worksheet, students will investigate the factors that make a desert by completing four different desert fact questions.

In this plant life cycle worksheet, students study the diagram of the flower. Students match the term and description that fits each part of the flower.

Students study plant growth and aesthetics. In this plant growth lesson, students talk about what plants need to grow and identify the major plant parts. They plant and care for seed while recording growth measurement. They compare the...

In this metaphor instructional activity, students read information about how to write a metaphor . Students are instructed to write some metaphors about nature in an unlined blank space.

In this nouns and adjectives worksheet, students recognize nouns and adjectives. Students look at six sentences and pick out the adjectives, nouns used as adjectives, and nouns for each sentence.

In this online interactive English learning exercise, students respond to 25 fill in the blank questions that require them to use English vocabulary appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Middle schoolers use the internet to research information about cells in order to create a 3-D model of a cell. They may choose either to research a plant or animal cell. Students locate and identify the parts of a cell and build a 3-D...

In this plant cell diagram instructional activity, students use the blank space to draw a plant cell and label it. There is a word bank of 11 parts of the cell which should be labeled.

Third graders take a walk around the outside of the school and examine their clothing to see if they picked up any seeds while on their walk. They discuss how seeds travel and how a new plant thus can form. They then observe root...

Students examine soil. In this soil composition lesson students participate in soil sedimentation and filtration activities. The students discuss what non-living and living things are in soil and why it is so important.

Students create friendship bracelets and quilt squares. For this plant lesson student dye their own string and cotton material with plant pigments. Students use the naturally dyed materials to create the friendship bracelets and quilt...

Students examine the types of plants brought over to America from immigrants. They research how some of these types of plants cause damage and alter the landscape. They record data and share the information with the community.

Learners research the effects of invasive and exotic plants. They create posters, webpages and books to educate the community. They present their material in different forums.

High schoolers witness various stages of mitosis through preparing onion root tip slides. With teacher guidance, they learn a great deal through the hands-on process of preparing the slides themselves.

In this food pyramid worksheet, students read about each food group in the food pyramid, and then write examples for each one. Students write 6 groups and 6 examples.

Learners investigate the age of trees by analyzing tree rings.  In this dendocronology lesson, students examine sample images of tree rings and identify their age by the amount of rings.  Learners complete a chart identifying...

Third graders investigate how and why scientists use classification. They discuss classification strategies using animals, and as a class fill in a flowchart with their responses. Next, in small groups they cut out a variety of shapes...

For this Life Cycle of Trees worksheet, students read one page about the life cycle of a trees. Students define 12 terms from the reading.

Students examine seed coats. In this biology lesson plan, students look at pictures of magnified seed coats, then use hand-help magnifiers or microscopes to look at seed coats on their own.