Children's Books
From Seed to Pumpkin. By Wendy Pfeffer. Illus. by James Graham Hale. (2004). 33p. HarperCollins, (978-0064451901). Grades P and up.
This book shows the life cycle of a pumpkin, what it needs in order to grow from a seed to a pumpkin.
This book shows the life cycle of a pumpkin, what it needs in order to grow from a seed to a pumpkin.
Pick Pull Snap. By Lola M. Schaefer. Illus. by Lindsay Barrett George. (2003). 32p. Greenwillow Books, (978-06881783450. Grades K and up.
This clever and intriguing book shows the life cycle of different foods that once began as a flower. It introduces the idea that plants need nutrients, water, light, and a place to grow.
This clever and intriguing book shows the life cycle of different foods that once began as a flower. It introduces the idea that plants need nutrients, water, light, and a place to grow.
Rah, Rah, Radishes: A Vegetable Chant. By April Pulley Sayre. (2011). 32p. Beach Lane Books, (978-144241417). Grades K and up.
This book excites children about eating vegetables with its encouraging spirit to read along. The life cycle of different vegetables is explored through rhyming text.
This book excites children about eating vegetables with its encouraging spirit to read along. The life cycle of different vegetables is explored through rhyming text.
Web Sites for Kids
Label the Plant
This activity allows students to label the different parts of the plant: anther, sepals, petal, stigma, stamen, style, ovule. The answer is then provided after the student has completed the activity so that they can see which ones they know and which parts of the plants they need to spend more attention on.
Helping Plants Grow Well
This game allows students to become familiar with the basic life needs of a plant in order for it to grow. The directions are listed at the top of the activity.
The Plant Life Cycle
This video shows the different stages during the life cycle of a plant.
The Great Plant Escape
Help Detective Bud unlock the mysteries of plant life through finding clues, doing experiments, and solving problems. This game emphasizes the importance of the different plant parts in their role in the life cycle.
This activity allows students to label the different parts of the plant: anther, sepals, petal, stigma, stamen, style, ovule. The answer is then provided after the student has completed the activity so that they can see which ones they know and which parts of the plants they need to spend more attention on.
Helping Plants Grow Well
This game allows students to become familiar with the basic life needs of a plant in order for it to grow. The directions are listed at the top of the activity.
The Plant Life Cycle
This video shows the different stages during the life cycle of a plant.
The Great Plant Escape
Help Detective Bud unlock the mysteries of plant life through finding clues, doing experiments, and solving problems. This game emphasizes the importance of the different plant parts in their role in the life cycle.
Teacher Resources - Lessons/Activities
Picking Apart Plants
This 10 day lesson focuses on the parts of a plant, needs of a plant, life cycles and processes of plants, physical characteristics of palnts, and adaptionst hat benefit survival. The students will learn about: seeds, seed travel, needs of a plant, parts of a plant, parts of a plant and stem functions, leaves, plant attirbutes, and the life cycle of a plant through several activities and different books.
Teachers' Domain: Life Cycle of a Plant
This lesson contains a variety of activities from a bingo game to creating a 3-D model of the a plant life cycle, that explore the different stages during the life cycle of plant.
Plant Parts
This lesson focuses on plant structure and function while simultaneously developing processing skills: observation, collection, and presentation of information. The lesson begins with a KWL and then a group white board brainstorm of why it is important to know parts of plants and their functions. Students will then assemble their own paper plants. Because this lesson is targeted for grades k - 4, the paper plant for first grade would be a simpler version.
This 10 day lesson focuses on the parts of a plant, needs of a plant, life cycles and processes of plants, physical characteristics of palnts, and adaptionst hat benefit survival. The students will learn about: seeds, seed travel, needs of a plant, parts of a plant, parts of a plant and stem functions, leaves, plant attirbutes, and the life cycle of a plant through several activities and different books.
Teachers' Domain: Life Cycle of a Plant
This lesson contains a variety of activities from a bingo game to creating a 3-D model of the a plant life cycle, that explore the different stages during the life cycle of plant.
Plant Parts
This lesson focuses on plant structure and function while simultaneously developing processing skills: observation, collection, and presentation of information. The lesson begins with a KWL and then a group white board brainstorm of why it is important to know parts of plants and their functions. Students will then assemble their own paper plants. Because this lesson is targeted for grades k - 4, the paper plant for first grade would be a simpler version.
Teacher Resources - Assessment
Parts of a Plant
This multiple choice quiz can be used to asses a students understanding of the different parts of a plant. It forces students to recall the vocabulary learned throughout the unit.
Label the Plant
This worksheet can be used to asses a students ability to match the vocabulary from the word box that corresponds to the different parts of the plant.
KWL
The students will write what they know, what they want to learn, and what they have learned following the lesson. This can be used to asses a students progress of understanding plants and their life cycle.
This multiple choice quiz can be used to asses a students understanding of the different parts of a plant. It forces students to recall the vocabulary learned throughout the unit.
Label the Plant
This worksheet can be used to asses a students ability to match the vocabulary from the word box that corresponds to the different parts of the plant.
KWL
The students will write what they know, what they want to learn, and what they have learned following the lesson. This can be used to asses a students progress of understanding plants and their life cycle.