Curated OER
Food Chain: what's for dinner?
Fourth graders identify where foods came from and sequence a food chain. In this food chain lesson, 4th graders define vocabulary related to food chains and order a food chain. Students follow the energy of a food chain. Students...
Curated OER
Prairie Restoration and Prairie Ecology
Students collect data as they identify and classify native prairie plants and insects. They create their own population study using a variety of sampling techniques to determine the population density of various species. Students...
Curated OER
Plants
First graders learn the basic needs of plants, label the major parts of a plant and name their uses. They also use a KWL chart.
Curated OER
The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant
In this flowering plant activity, learners will review vocabulary words associated with the life cycle of flowering plants. This activity has 7 matching and 3 short answer questions.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Biology of Plants: Seed Dispersal
Learn about methods of seed dispersal. Includes videos, photos, and lesson plans.
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...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: California: What Is Seed Dispersal?
Nikki is learning about plant seed dispersal methods. Join in and learn how this is important to plant reproduction.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:nordic Sagas: Island Life
Explore how life invades, colonizes and changes over time. Model a shallow underwater volcano to see what type of island forms, investigate seed dispersal methods and describe how wing size and shape determine which birds fly where.