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Plants Lesson Plans and Resources

The Garden with Insight garden simulator
The Garden with Insight garden simulator is an educational simulation that uses weather, soil, and plant growth models to simulate a simple garden in an open-ended micro-world setting. You can plant vegetables and grow them to learn more about plants, the soil, the weather, gardening, and science. 

A Demonstration of Photosynthesis and Transpiration
Students will examine the effect that light and air has on green plants. 

Kinder Garden
An introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors. 

Plants Internet Resources

Biology of Plants
Informative site about how plants grow and disperse.

The Seedy Site of Plants
Explore how plants spread their seeds.

 Plants Interactive Whiteboard Resources

The Great Plant Escape
Help unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life.

All About Plants
Webquest to find information about plants.

The Dirt on Soil
Find out what really goes on under the ground.

In Search of Green Life
Label the parts of a plant.

Plant Explorer
Interactive guide to parts of a plan, what plants need, flowers, etc..

Life Cycle of Flowering Plants
Place lables and notes in correct sequence.

Plant Reproduction
Fill in the correct words in a story about plant reproduction.

Plant Games from PrimaryGames.com

Plants Printouts

Plant Printouts From Enchanted Learning
Several printouts including "label me" sheets to identify the parts for a flower and plant.

  Plants Venn Diagram
This Venn diagram compares flowering and non-flowering plants. 

Plants Crafts and Recipes

Plant Crafts at Kinderart.com
Go to Kinderart and do a search for plants.  You get many great ideas.  A Teacher's Guide Best Bet

Fingerpaint Leaf Prints
Children will observe the different shapes, sizes, and vein patterns of leaves as they make fingerpaint leaf prints. 

Plants Clip Art

Plants from Classroom Clipart


Flower Lesson Plans and Ideas

Flower Color Garden Science/Art Activity
In this activity children will learn about some of the different colors flowers can be. 

Flowers at Enchanted Learning
Rhymes, Crafts, a Quiz, and a Printout to Color

Flower Interactive Whiteboard Resources

Parts of a Flower
Interactive guide to the parts of a flower.

The Parts of a Flower Powerpoint Presentation
Several slides introducing the parts of a flower and their functions.

Flower Powerpoint Presentations
Links to several powerpoint presentations dealing with flowers.

Flower Pollination
Interactive guide to pollination.

Free Flower Printouts

Plants/Flowers Coloring Page: Flowers

May Flowers coloring page

State Flowers
What a great resource!  Part of a study on states, this page has a picture to color of every state flower.

Flower Coloring Sheets from Coloring.ws.com
30 pictures for flowers to print out and color.

Make a Flower
Cut out flower parts and paste on a plank piece of paper to label.

Wildflowers Coloring Books
Great site with a lot of pictures of wildflowers to color.

FlowerColoringPages.Org
Lots of flowers to print and color.

 Flower Clip Art

Microsoft Design Gallery
Great site.  Just type in flowers in the search box and you have plenty to choose from.

 Flower Crafts

Flower Crafts at Kinderart.com
Go to Kinderart and do a search for flowers.  You get many great ideas.  A Teacher's Guide Best Bet

Flower Crafts for Kids

Flower crafts from About.com

• Candy Plant
  From your About.com guide, make this cute potted plant from candy and popsicle sticks!
• CD Daisy Puppet
  From your About.com guide, create a fun toy using a cd, paper plate, and a sock!
• Cupcake Liner Flowers Craft
  Make this flower craft using cupcake liners.
• Easter Lily
  Instructions for making an Easter lily using a handprint.
• Easy Tissue Paper Flowers
  Make huge tissue paper flowers!
• Hawaiian Lei
  From your About.com guide, an easy craft made with yarn, paper, and straws.
• Photo Flower
  From your About.com guide. Make flowers out of paper and add a photo and popsicle stick stem. Complete with flower pot!
• Photo Flower Arrangement
  Tiffany explains how to make a bouquet of personalized flowers.
• Potted Tissue Flowers
  From your About.com guide, make tissue paper flowers in a pot.
• Sea Shell Rose Bouquet
  Belinda Bates explains how to create unique flowers using sea shells.
• Simple Crafts: Fabric Flower
  From your About.com guide to Senior Living. Donna explains how to make flowers using fabric scraps and pipe cleaners.
• Simple Crafts: Hand Flowers
  From your About.com guide to Senior Living. Donna gives ideas for making a flower using hand prints.
• Stuffed Flower
  From your About.com guide, make this interesting flower out of a paper bag.
• Styrofoam Cup Flower
  From your About.com guide, create flowers with curled petals using a styrofoam cup.
• Styrofoam Flower
  From your About.com Guide - Make fun shaped flowers using styrofoam meat trays.
• Sunflower
  From your About.com guide, a fun project using sunflower seeds.
• Baby Food Jar Gardens
  Make a colorful garden in a jar using baby food jars, clay, and fake flowers.
• China's Rose
  Make this unique flower using a washcloth!
• Coffee Filter Flowers
  Make these stunning flowers using coffee filters!
• Daisy Friendship Bracelet
  Make this nice bracelet using cord and pony beads.
• Flower Child
  Use paper and these designs to make flower belts, headbands, and more wearables.
• Flowered Basket
  Make this flower-covered, woven basket out of heavy paper.
• Forget-Me-Not Costume
  Make this fun and easy flower costume! Includes printable pattern.
• Helping Hands
  Make a tree, a bouquet or a potted plant using hand tracings made into coupons.
• Just Daisies
  Try your hand at this beading technique and make this daisy design.

 Flower Bulletin Boards