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Parts of the Flower and Pollination

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students review the parts of the plant and recognize the parts that are important for pollination.  For this pollination lesson, students illustrate and label the parts of a flower.  Students compare different types of flowers.
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Crops 2: What Plants Need to Grow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore agriculture by participating in a plant growth activity. In this botany lesson plan, students discuss what types of plants grow in their local environment and what the plants need to survive. Students read assigned text...
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Plant Life for Kids

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these plant life worksheets, students complete a worksheet about parts of a plant, plant life, plant life cycle sequence, and then complete a plant life mini book.
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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...
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Experimentation With Plants

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders experiment with different varieties of plants and draw conclusions after performing a series of lab activities. A very helpful student worksheet is given. This is a nicely done introductory lesson for life science.
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Coral Polyp Party

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners 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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Farmers and the Food Connection

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the process of growing food. In this agricultural instructional activity, students invite a farmer into their classroom to discuss how they grow and process food. Students participate in learning centers which focus...
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Rice Plants

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate what plant is closely related to to rice. In this rice farming lesson, 2nd graders dicover the parts of rice and that rice is closely related to grass. Students create a rice picture and write sentences...
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From One Seed Grow Many Seeds

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice identifying plants by singing a song.  In this plant life lesson plan, 1st graders sing the song "Parts of a Plant" which is based on the anatomy of sunflowers.  Students discover agriculture techniques...
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The Way a Tree Works

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore nature by conducting botany experiments. In this plant life lesson plan, students define the necessary resources for a plant to thrive on our planet while defining scientific vocabulary terms. Students utilize different...
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Richmond Nature Park Field Trip

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils identify different plants and their uses by attending a field trip. In this Canadian plant lesson, students explore the great outdoors of Vancouver, B.C. and discuss the uses of plants by the Native Americans that once resided...
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Life Cycle of Brassica Plants: Planting Seeds

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore botany by participating in a calendar class activity. In this plant observation instructional activity, students examine a diagram of a Brassica plant and identify its anatomy before planting their own seeds and viewing...
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Spiders and their Webs

For Teachers K
Students investigate spider webs. In this spider web instructional activity, students gain information about spider body parts and how they make their webs. Students simlulate what it is like to be a spider walking on their web. Students...
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Yum Yum: Making Vegetable Soup

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars investigate agriculture by reading a book.  In this plant life lesson, students read the book Growing Vegetable Soup by Louis Ehlert, and examine the ingredients used in the book's soup.  Young scholars create an...
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Desert Discoveries

Built for the Desert

For Teachers 3rd
The saguaro cactus has an amazing ability to survive in a harsh environment. Learners identify the many adaptations for desert life that the saguaro employs. They look at each part of the saguaro and determine what role it plays in the...
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Mother's Day Carnations

For Teachers K - 6th
Students make a carnation craft wtih a carnation, food dye, ribbon, dixie cup, and more. In this carnation lesson plan, students make this craft for Mother's Day.
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Cells are 3-D!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students design three dimensional models of plant and animal cells. They identify the cells parts, and compare animal and plant cells.
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Flowers to Dye For

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students observe biology by completing a plant experiment in class. In this botany lesson, students discuss the anatomy related to a plant and how roots and stems are necessary to its survival. Students utilize food coloring and examine...
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Plant Systems

For Students 4th - 5th
In this plant systems learning exercise, students write true or false for the 10 sentences about plant systems. Students then label the parts of the plant.
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Sowing Seeds

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students observe earth science by participating in a planting activity. In this seeds instructional activity, students identify the process for seeds to transform into plants which eventually produce food. Students sow seeds in the...
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Going on a Seed Safari

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students describe biology by identifying different plants in class. For this seed lesson, students discuss the process of how a plant grows from seed to leaves. Students attend a field trip to their garden or another park and collect a...
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MAKING THREE DIMENSIONAL PLANT AND ANIMAL CELLS

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Young scholars create two different cells, one plant and one animal.  In this plant and animal cell instructional activity students form groups and construct a part of a cell. Young scholars then put them all together to form one...
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Mr. and Mrs. Cress Head

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students 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. Students cut off the excess cress after several...
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Using Plant Pigments as Natural Dyes

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students create friendship bracelets and quilt squares. In 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...