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Lesson Plan
National Wildlife Federation

Pollinator's Journey: Grades K-4

For Teachers K - 4th
Mimic the struggle of migratory pollinators. Pupils learn about the threats to pollinator species. They go on to enact a play demonstrating the hazards migratory pollinators experience. To finish,...
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Printables
PreKinders

Garden Word Cards

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Whether you are starting a class garden, reading a story about gardens, or want to teach your little ones about sustainable living, these vocabulary cards are a great introduction. Featuring words like watering...
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Printables
PreKinders

Flower Color Word Cards

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Take a walk through the garden with a cute activity about color words. Eight cards show smiling flowers in different colors, along with their color names, inviting young learners to identify them.
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Unit Plan
Rain Bird Corporation

Rain Forest Teaching Curriculum

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Take young naturalists on an exploration of the world's tropical rainforests with this extensive collection of lessons and activities. Whether its creating leaf and flower prints or investigating the absorption spectrum of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Planting We Will Go

For Teachers K - 2nd
Even the youngest kids can make scientific comparisons using collected data. They read The Tiny Seed, then discuss the essential nutrients and elements needed for a seed to grow into a blooming plant. They plant seeds and track their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who am I? Wildflowers

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Common wildflowers are the focus of this colorful matching activity worksheet. In it, learners consider 16 very accurate drawings of flowers, and attempt to match them up with their names. An answer key is provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Am I?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Sixteen varieties of wildflowers are here for your young botanists to correctly identify. The use of a field guide, or internet access will be necessary. Each of the 16 flowers has an accurate and colorful representation, and all of the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Journey North 1999

For Teachers 1st - 6th
This is not a lesson plan, but an outstanding resource to provide material for your lessons on seasonal changes and animal migration. Links connect you to live web cams and up-to-date information on Monarch Butterflies, hummingbirds,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sunflower Measuring and Counting

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Youngsters improve their measuring and counting skills using sunflowers. They view pictures painted by Van Gogh. Everyone works in groups to measure sunflowers and record their findings, and they all use sunflower seeds to create...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What Parts of a Plant Do We Eat?

For Students 8th - 12th
Did you know that tomtoes and cucumbers are actually fruits? Biology or botany beginners read about the function of flowers and fruit and find that some food items commonly called vegetables are, by definition, also fruits! Give learners...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sunflowers

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students are read a book about sunflowers. They discover the nutrients that a sunflower can give to a person when they are eaten. They also plant their own sunflower seeds and watch them grow.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Delany Garden

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design and create a garden. They select flowers in small groups and research them. They draw a diagram of the landscape for their garden and plant flowers and observe them as they grow.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant and a Rabbit

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this life cycle worksheet, students will complete a Venn diagram by comparing and contrasting the life cycle of a flowering plant and a rabbit.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning To Look

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate a flower plant and the plant cycle. They extend observational skills when looking at a tree by observing, questioning and sharing ideas. They observe a living and nonliving flower and compare and contrast how...
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PPT
Curated OER

Green Plants

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Beginning botanists are introduced to the world of plants with this PowerPoint. Some of the information is most appropriate for primary learners, such as the needs of a plant. Some of the information, however, is more directed at...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Volcanoes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students make a volcano out of a soda bottle, flower, salt, oil, and more. In this volcanoes lesson plan, students also read about volcanoes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Valentine's Day

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students create a flower, poem, and mailbox for someone to open on Valentine's Day. In this Valentine's Day lesson plan, students also write Valentine letters.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pollination

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss pollination and how bees pollinate flowers. In this pollination lesson plan, 3rd graders draw the pollination process on a piece of paper.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Flowers

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this summer words worksheet, students read 29 words in large sunflower shapes that pertain to the season of summer. Each word is on a separate page; there are no directions. These could be flashcards or bulletin board pieces.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Eat Your Flowers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars grow flowers in different soil mediums to determine the effect on flavor.  For this investigative lesson students study flowers, plant them and taste them to see how they differ in different potting soils. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pollination

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate pollination. In this plant biology lesson, students study a diagram of the reproductive parts of the flower and dissect and identify the parts of a real flower.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Connections: Peddling Petals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify various patterns. In this patterns lesson, students assemble paper flowers by using patterns. Young scholars discuss how they constructed their flower.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Parts of a Plant

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this parts of a flower worksheet, students draw a flower in the space provided and label the stem, leaves, roots, and flower.
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Organizer
Curated OER

How Do Plant Life Cycles Vary?

For Students K - 2nd
In this plant life cycle worksheet, students will complete this graphic organizer by writing in the 3 steps in a plant life cycle.