Teaching Themes
Plants: Everything You Need
These resources will help students study the structure, varieties, and uses of seeds, plants, flowers, and trees.
Lesson Plans
Let's Grow Plants!
Grades: 1–2, 3–5
Students learn about seeds through a combination of comparative readings and directly observation of seed growth.
Lesson Plans, Book Resources
Plants Give Us Food
Grades: PreK–K
Teaches students about the typesof fruits and vegetables grown on farms as well as the types of plants on which they grow.
Learning With Plants
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
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Plant PursuitGrades: Plant Pursuit is an outdoor plant-hunting activity developed by Scholastic and sponsored by Snowmass. |
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Book Resources, Books SeedfolksGrades: 3–5, 6–8 One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and... |
Extension Activities The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 After reading the book, sprout an apple seed, discover an apple's star, or visit an apple tree in blossom. |
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Extension Activities, Book Resources Carlos and The Squash Plant Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activity for Carlos and the Squash Plant by Jan Romero Stevens. |
Activities and Games The Magic School Bus Meets the Rot SquadGrades: 3–5 Ms. Frizzle's class finds out how rot makes rich soil for new growth. Your kids discover the connection between rot and leaves mixed in damp soil... |
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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans The Magic School Bus Goes to SeedGrades: 3–5 Enjoy this Magic School Bus goes to seed activity. Ms. Frizzle's class hangs on inside the tiny bus as it hitches a ride on a wind-traveling seed... |
Articles Group Time: Ants and PlantsGrades: Early Childhood, PreK–K, 1–2 Young children are captivated by investigating nature and observing and creating growth and change. Church offers suggestions for activities... |
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Book Resources, Lesson Plans and Unit Plans The Carrot SeedGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activities for The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss. |
Extension Activities, Writing Activities, Book Resources From Seed to Plant Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activity for From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons. |
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Extension Activities, Writing Activities City Green Extension ActivitiesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Extension activity for City Green by Dyanne DiSalvo-Ryan. |
Articles, Online Learning Activities The Online NurseryGrades: 3–5, 6–8 This content resource helps teachers locate online resources on growing plants. Web links to gardening topics, facts on photosynthesis, and even a... |
George Washington CarverGrades: This content resource on George Washington Carver, African American inventor of peanut butter and over 400 plant products, includes a link to a... |
Articles Pipers and Ants, a Mini EcosystemGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Piper plants are home and food for a large number of different creatures, including some caterpillars, beetles, and ants. |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Books for Teaching About PlantsGrades: 1–2 This teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use. |
Extension Activities, Book Resources Life in the Rainforest Extension ActivityGrades: 3–5 Young readers are introduced to the animals, people, and plants of the world's rainforests, as well as the fight to save this important... |
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Lesson Plans, Book Lists Books for Teaching About Plants and TreesGrades: PreK–K This teacher created book list includes tips for classroom use. |
Discussion Guides, Book Resources I'm a Seed Discussion GuideGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Two seeds, one a marigold and the other a pumpkin, compare what is happening to them as they grow into maturity. |
