Roots Need Oxygen

Learners observe biology by completing a plant experiment in class. For this botany lesson, students discuss the anatomy related to a plant and how roots and stems are necessary to its survival. Learners utilize food coloring and examine...

Students label parts of a plant with its petals, leaves, stems, and roots. In this plant lesson plan, students also sing "petals, leaves, stems, and roots" like "head, shoulders, knees, and toes". 

How do plants get the nutrients they need? This is the focus of a video that discusses how plants use photosynthesis to survive, with or without dirt.

Students recognize consist stems, trunks, leaves, and roots. They compare different types of roots by observing and comparing photographs. Aterwards, they observe the growth of a lima bean plant and document changes in root and shoot...

Young scholars use the Internet to research the importance of leaves, stems and roots to plants. They participate in a hands-on experiment to identify the functions of different plant parts.

How do roots find nutrients? The PBS video, part of a series on food science, describes experiments proving roots grow specifically toward nutrients in the soil. A theory of how roots know in which direction to grow provides an...

Young scholars identify plant parts -leaf, flower, roots, and stem, explain their function, reassemble a diagram of a plant and create a plant with the four parts to be placed on a mobile.

Students create a harvest burrito out of fruit, flowers, roots, stems, and more. In this plants lesson plan, students go out into the garden and identify the 6 plant parts.

Learners perform a variety of experiments involving plants in this motivating lesson. After identifying the parts of a plant, they identify what they need to survive, and conduct experiments to analyze how light, space, water, and air...

Here is an opportunity for your first graders to take a close look at plants: what they need to survive, how they grow, and the names of each plant part. The book, Corduroy's Garden is used to open the lesson. Then, youngsters utilize...