Resource describes the process of germination and includes the parts of a seed, environmental conditions, and rate of germination.

This simple lesson plan is designed to help young students be aware of how seeds sprout, and that seeds grow into plants.

This simple lesson plan is designed to have young students become more familiar with fruit seeds by identifying fruit that contains seeds/no seeds, gathering seeds from fruit, explaining the importance of seeds, explaining that seeds...

An experiment where first-graders plant seeds and monitor their growth. Prior to planting, they decide on an inquiry question, and how they will find out the answer through the experiment.

Cryopreservation-storing seeds in ultra-cold liquid nitrogen-is one method for maintaining plant genetic stocks in seed banks. The purpose of this project is to observe the characteristics and outcomes of cryogenically frozen seedlings...

Text of the short story "Quail Seed" by H. H. Munro. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at the processes of sexual reproduction in flowering plants, including pollination, fertilization (seed production), seed dispersal, and germination.

All about plants has information on plant parts--seeds, flowers, fruits, roots, and spores--and plant processes--seed dispersal, germination, pollination, and photosynthesis. You can also take a tour of this Los Angeles-based...

Students will observe the germination and growth of plants from seeds over the course of several days, and record their observations in a journal.

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.

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Seed Pods."

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Seeds."

During this lesson young scholars begin to identify the main idea of a story they read or hear. Students use graphic organizers to discover the main idea of The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss, and Marsupial Sue, by John Lithgow.

In this Biology field activity, students collect tree leaves and seeds to make an identified collection after drying in a plant press, a phone book, or in magazines.

Choose and plant your seeds, and then give them everything they need to grow in this interactive garden.

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.

Two summaries are provided of radio broadcasts concerning the ongoing political debate over genetically modified foods. Links to the actual radio broadcasts are also provided.

Chocolate begins as a seed of the tropical cacao tree. It has been a prized taste sensation for more than 2,500 years. One reason chocolate is so nice to eat is that it melts just below body temperature. So it really does melt in your...

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work is the familiar "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".

Celebrating plants and botanists, here find information on everything from photographic equipment, plant clubs, botanical gardens, seed sources, and a gallery where members can display their work. Read about famous botanists, or look for...

The author of this article discusses Michael Ondaatje's "activity of collecting and transforming particular seeds and scraps of the past in a fragmented and fictional form," and how this is reflected in "Coming Through Slaughter" and...

Enter a complex value for "c" in the form of an ordered pair of real numbers. The applet draws the fractal Julia set for that seed value.

This site provides many full text poems by Robert Frost. There are also multiple links for more information on Frost and his works.

Home page for the Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA, links to product and commodity marketing information and job opportunities.