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National Junior Horticulture Association: Experiments & Fun Activities
A collection of planting activities, including how to make a terrarium and how to grow potatoes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Seeds and Seed Dispersal
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Plants seem to grow wherever they can. How? Plants can't move on their own. So how does a plant start growing in a new area? Learn more about seeds and seed...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Tropisms
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Plants may not be able to move, but they are able to change how they grow in response to their environment. Growth toward or away from a stimulus is known as a...
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Maryland Science Center
Maryland Science Center: Cd Greenhouse [Pdf]
This activity explains how to germinate a seed inside a CD case so that its growth is visible. The transparency of the case makes it simple to track its growth using a marker.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Plants and How They Grow
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is based on the Scott Foresman science curriculum developed for third grade. It deals with the topics of plant parts, plant types, and the life cycle that plants go through.
NC State University
Ncsu.edu: Adventures of the Agronauts
This site is an online science curriculum on how to grow plants on the Moon. There are six lessons that have a glossary also included. There are movies that demonstrate concepts, and teacher resources. The sites topics cover, the Earth,...
Read Works
Read Works: Pumpkins Are Popping Up Everywhere!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text showing how pumpkins grow. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Plant Classification
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Do all plants grow from seeds? No, there are actually a few plants that do not make seeds. Whether or not a plant makes seeds is one criteria used to classify...
Read Works
Read Works: Earthworms Do Good Work
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about earthworms and how they help the soil. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Texas A&M University
Tamu: Aggie Horticulture: School Gardens
Teachers and students interested in finding information on how to start a garden in their school will find this site very helpful. This site, sponsored by the Department of Horticulture Sciences at Texas A&M University, includes a...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape Parts of a Seed
Help Detective Le Plant discover how a seed grows into a plant. Students will learn to describe a seed's structure and what's needed for seed growth.
Read Works
Read Works: Pumpkin Time!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how a seed grows into a pumpkin. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade K: From Seed to Plant
Students gather information from a variety of texts- literary and informational- to describe the connection between people, events, ideas, and pieces of information. Students are introduced to life cycles by learning about how a plant...