Student Resources
Info on Flowers
 
 Spreading seeds
 How plants grow
 Photosynthesis
Pollination
 
Monocots and dicots
Germination
Seeds, Leaves, Stems (upper elementary)
Plant Math
Plants and our environment
Plants of the Rainforest
 
How Plants in the rainforest adapt
Trees and shrubs of Virginia
Great website about seeds
Growing chocolate
Tree identification site (good images)
Botanical gardens worldwide
What are seeds?
Do plants need sunlight?
Is it an animal or plant?
Desert plants-cactus
The Great Plant Escape-an interdisciplinary unit on plants for fourth graders
Enter this site and take an interactive tour of a forest
The Great Tree's Story. An interactive story about life in the temperate rainforest.
Plant lists-great info and images about specific plants. Listed by catagory, ie. trees, palms, grasses, etc.

Teacher Resources

a list of gardening books for children

A list of fun activities to do with plants.

Wildflower coloring book that you can print

A song about pollination.

Click on the different groups of leaves

several experiments that demonstrate transpiration, how plants drink water,
osmosis

What it takes to start a school garden.

Articles about plants for teachers

Basic info about why we need plants and what they give us, plus plant parts by Pattie Whitehead of Annandale Terrace ES

Games and Activities

A game in which you choose insects by their mouth parts. The clue tells you which kind of plants they eat.

A missing code activity

Match plants with their country location

Match seed to plant

how to make a fall leaf placemat

word scramble

Making a sponge garden

An activity on seed dispersal

Match the seeds to their plants by Pattie Whitehead of Annandale Terrace ES

Print a copy of this word search by Pattie Whitehead of Annandale Terrace ES

Page created by Brooks Widmaier
April 26, 2000