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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Plant Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teacher's guide focuses on the fascinating world of plants. Through books and other print materials, and exploration of actual plants, children will identify plants as living things, examine the parts of plants, experiment with what...
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Which Plant Part? [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A instructional activity in observing a plant or plant community in different seasons for the purposes of recording observable changes.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Wetland Plants

For Students 3rd - 5th
Some wetland plants grow completely underwater, others grow partly submerged, and some grow in places were the ground is often wet. Learn about a variety of wetland plants in Wisconsin.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Angiosperms Plants With Flowers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By using a hands-on activity,the learners will learn about the Life Cycle of the Angiosperms. Students will learn about the female and male parts of a flower. This would be a great activity to follow a unit on reproduction in flowering...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: How Plants Spice Up Our Lives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars take apart and label basic parts of a plant in this lesson plan. The students also use kitchen spices to determine which part of a plant was used for various flavorings.
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Seeds, Soil, and Surprises

For Teachers K - 1st
This site has excellent resources for teaching students about plants. It has a guide to scientific investigation and a glossary of plant terms. There are three lessons that each include a slideshow on the parts of a plant, the needs of...
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Wake Forest University: Angiosperms Reproduction/life Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
This informative resource describes the advances that angiosperms possess over conifers. It also looks at the parts of a flower, how fruit develops and the life cycle of an angiosperm.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Amazing Antigravity Stem

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson consists of an experiment which will demonstrate how a plant uses its stem to carry water and minerals from the roots to the leaves and other parts of the plant. Students will then use their word processing skills to record...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Structure of Seeds and Effects of Fertilizer on Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students identify parts of seeds and the effect of fertilizer on their germination and development.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Biology: Sensory Systems in Plants Post Test

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this five question assessment over plant sensory systems, and then after submitting the answers, review the concepts tested.
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Woody Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
This advanced level essay is a concise review of the structure of woody stems and roots. Good illustrations help make the text understandable.
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Canadian Wildlife Federation

Hinterland Who's Who: Invasive Alien Species in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that invasive alien species can be found in nearly all parts of Canada? Learn about these invasive species and how they infiltrated Canada's ecosystems. Investigate the problems these invasive species are causing, as well as...
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Texas Parks and Wildlife

Texas Parks and Wildlife: Threatened and Endangered Species

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site covering the endangered species in Texas. Includes information about endangered species laws, why it is important to protect these species, and more. Click on the different regions under "Navigate To Another Wildlife...
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Plant Biotechnology

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of genetic manipulation techniques in plants. Parts of the discussion are advanced. Also contains a number of pictures, charts, and links.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Fali

For Students 9th - 10th
The Fali belong to the vast paleonegritic group of people who are sometimes designated "Kirdi" (pagans), as opposed to the Islamized Peul or Fulbe, with whom they share the northern part of Cameroon. The Fali are farmers and...
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PBS

American Masters: Robert Motherwell

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the American Masters series by PBS, this site highlights the life and works of Robert Motherwell and includes a picture, timeline of his career, and listing of major works.
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Other

Backyard Nature: Roots

For Students 9th - 10th
Educational site highlights the building block of plants-roots. Discover how they grow, why they are important as well as learn some interesting facts about them.
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Nash Prairie Preserve

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the beauty of America's prairies and examine efforts to preserve this vanishing part of America's landscape.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: How Does Light Affect Root Growth?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson for students from 3rd-12th grades will learn to build an experiment chamber to test the effects of light on Brassica rapa roots, and compare their results with outcomes from plant experiments conducted aboard the...
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Wetlands and Nature

For Students 9th - 10th
This concise site discusses the fact that wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems in the world, play an integral part in the ecology of the watershed, and also have a role in atmospheric maintenance.
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Radford University: Temperate Grasslands

For Students 9th - 10th
This is part of a virtual geography project from Radford University. Learn about the climate, vegetation, grasses, soil and fauna of the temperate grasslands.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Investigate Native Plant Evolution With Chloroplast Sequencing

For Students 9th - 10th
Most native plants are not very well studied. One way we learn more about these plants is by studying the species of plants they are most closely related to. In this science project you will sequence part of the chloroplast genome from a...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fission and Fusion

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will investigate fission and fusion, and discover how they play a part in nuclear chain reactions in fission bombs, nuclear power plants, and radiation in...
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: 7.4 Matter Cycling & Photosynthesis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Where does food come from and where does it go next? This unit helps students figure out that they can trace all food back to plants, including processed and synthetic food. They obtain and communicate information to explain how matter...

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