Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: African American Honorees in Alabama History
Students will create a PowerPoint slide show presentation and brochure on a famous African American icon from the Alabama Calendar. Students may select famous African Americans from Alabama such as Rosa Parks, Vonetta Flowers, Dr. Mae...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Let Me Grow
Let Me Grow is an entertaining puzzle game. Help get water to the thirsty flowers by removing blocks and opening levees. Be careful not to get the garden gnomes wet! Younger children might need help from adults beyond the first six levels.
Other
Robert Frost: America's Poet
This site provides many full text poems by Robert Frost. There are also multiple links for more information on Frost and his works.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: If I Should Cease to Bring a Rose
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If I Should Cease to Bring a Rose", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: If She Had Been the Mistletoe
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If She Had Been the Mistletoe", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jocelyn Medawar and can access a printable version of this piece.
University of California
University of California, Berkeley: Cal Photos: Plants
Need a photo for a project, report, multimedia presentation on plants from around the world as well as California? Find fair use images of specific plants by searching with the scientific name, common name, or location.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Montana
This site from Enchanted Learning provides a colorful display of information about Montana. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
Other
Mexican Activities for Kids
Students of all ages will enjoy these creative art projects and recipes! Provides photo examples and step-by-step instructions.
TVOntario
Tvo Kids: Games: Get Growing
Choose and plant your seeds, and then give them everything they need to grow in this interactive garden.
Curated OER
Conifers Use Cones and Seeds Since Flowering Plants Had Not Appeared.
This engaging article on gymnosperms offers good descriptions and background on these seed bearing plants. Learn about their characteristics and what makes these plants different from angiosperms.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: Colonial Gardener
Weed the garden to keep the flowers alive in the gardens at Colonial Williamsburg.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Henri Fantin Latour
Biographical summary of the life and career of French realist painter Henri Fantin-Latour who was known for his flower paintings.
Other
The Mudcat Cafe: Blocks, Bells, Box Drums and Mallets
Have you ever wondered how to make homemade musical instruments? Use this site to find out how to construct sandpaper blocks and mallets.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Monocot vs. Dicot
One way plants have been classified has been based on the number of cotyledons in the seeds. The differences between monocots and dicots are listed along with some helpful facts.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Plants and Animals
For this lesson plan, young young scholars will be able to identify a plant's parts, explain their functions, diagram a plant, and create a mobile to demonstrate their understanding.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Icon of Saint Stephan
This icon of Saint Stephan is drawn on a rectangular wooden panel. The picture is surrounded by a frame of plants with yellow flowers and white leaves.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Piece of Band Textile
This small piece of textile consists of a decorative band with floral designs in the form of flowers and small rosettes. This piece of textile is in the Kapati style, for which the Egyptian Copts were famous throughout the ages.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Anne Vallayer Coster
Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) was an eighteenth-century French painter. Known as a prodigy artist at a young age, she achieved fame and recognition very early in her career, being admitted to the Royal Academy in 1770, at the age of...