Worksheet
Curated OER

Radish Seed Lab

For Students 9th - 12th
In this radish seed worksheet, high schoolers fill out a lab packet having to do with radish seeds. Students answer short answer questions, charts, and draw graphs of their results.
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Curated OER

Gardening and Foods

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this gardening and foods worksheet, students plan a garden, figure out what the garden will produce and how much money it will make, then read a selection about garden seeds and answer questions about each paragraph.
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Curated OER

The Bean Book

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
A well-designed book on beans teaches kids about the anatomy of a bean. They cut out parts of a bean and paste them together. There are a lot of good descriptions of the parts of beans, such as the embryo, stored food, and the seed coat....
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Michigan Farm Bureau

The Little Red Hen

For Teachers K - 2nd
No one will be saying "Not I" with a lesson that combines The Little Red Hen with the life cycle of a wheat stem! After reading the story in your class, pass out wheat stems to your learners and have them examine the plants closely,...
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Berkshire Museum

The Three Life-Giving Sisters: Plant Cultivation and Mohican Innovation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Children gain first-hand experience with Native American agriculture while investigating the life cycle of plants with this engaging experiment. Focusing on what the natives called the Three Sisters - corn, beans, and squash - young...
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Curated OER

Our Friends or Foes

For Students 6th
For this living organisms worksheet, 6th graders choose the multiple choice answer to 10 questions. Students then read and answer 10 statements as true or false and fill in the blanks to 5 statements.
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Curated OER

Relationships and Biodiversity Lab

For Students 9th - 12th
In this relationships and biodiversity learning exercise, high schoolers investigate the relationships between 4 plants sample using 7 different tests. These include looking at structural characteristics of the plants, seeds and stems,...
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Curated OER

Watermelon Count

For Students K - 2nd
In this counting to ten worksheet, students count the numbers of seeds on the watermelons and match them with the corresponding numbers written in the squares. Students solve 10 problems;
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Curated OER

Sunflower Count

For Students K - 2nd
In this counting to ten worksheet, students count the numbers of seeds on the sunflowers and match them with the corresponding numbers written in the squares. Students solve 10 problems.
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Curated OER

Life Cycles: Plant Parts

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this plant parts worksheet, students assess their understanding of plants and plant parts. Students answer question about vocabulary, vegetables with seeds, and measuring plant parts.
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Curated OER

Tree Book Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this tree book worksheet, students find a leaf that has fallen off a tree, label what type of leaf it is, glue the leaf to their books and determine what kind of seeds it contains.
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Curated OER

Edible Artwork for Birds

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this craft project instructional activity, students gather materials and read the 7 steps to create an edible bird feeder picture made from lard and bird seed.
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It's About Time

Competition Among Organisms

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Who knew plants could be so competitive? Join your class as they observe plants competing for space and nutrients. Middle and high schoolers describe possible effects of introducing a new species into an already established...
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Curated OER

Glossaries

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Explore text structure with a focus on the glossary feature in informational texts. Learners read a brief introduction before examining a glossary from a text about plants. They reference it while completing four comprehension questions....
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Curated OER

Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly

For Students 5th - 8th
A helpful worksheet encourages pupils to make environmentally-friendly choices at home. The packet presents many ways that learners can help the environment, such as taking shorter showers in order to conserve water.
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Pea Plant Punnett Square Worksheet

For Students 7th - 12th
How often do you find a science worksheet that comes with separate teacher's instructions? Here is one of those rare instances. Goals and objectives, materials, and evaluation guidelines precede the actual assignment. Biology leaners...
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It's About Time

Photosynthesis, Respiration, and the Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Provide your class with the opportunity to view our carbon cycle close up. Young scientists research the cycle of oxygen as it completes the tasks of photosynthesis and respiration. They explore the importance of carbon in an ecosystem...
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Worksheet Web

Burrowing Animals – Ground Squirrels

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Why do ground squirrels build their homes in the ground? What's so unique about these burrows? Have individuals read about this burrowing animal, and then respond to five short answer questions that assess their comprehension of the...
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Berkshire Museum

Adopt a Schoolyard Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Help young scientists connect with nature and learn about trees with a fun life science lesson. Heading out into the school yard, children choose a tree to adopt, taking measurements, writing descriptions, and drawing sketches of it in...
Workbook
Aurora Trust

Journey Under the Sea

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Discover the interesting world of maritime archaeology and explorations under the sea with this nice set of worksheets, which cover such topics as search tools and techniques of underwater archaeology, carbon dating,...
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Oklahoma State University

Hairy Heredity

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Young scholars learn that heredity comes down to the flip of a coin with this cross-curricular math and science lesson. Using smiley faces as a model, students toss coins to determine which dominant or recessive traits...
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Western Kentucky University

Understanding Genetics: Punnett Squares

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Can scientists really predict genetic outcomes or are they simply making a lucky guess? Scholars first learn about Gregor Mendel and how to make Punnett squares. Then they extract DNA from a strawberry in a lab with included conclusion...
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Plants

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this earth science worksheet, students identify plant characteristics and use them to respond to two questions. They name four things plants need to grow and then, draw a picture of what a plant might look like if it does not get the...
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Curated OER

Simple Genetics Practice Problems

For Students 1st - 12th
Geneticists of the future identify heterozygous and homozygous genotypes, describe phenotypes, and use Punnett squares to solve problems and determine characteristics of offspring. A total of 15 questions make this a compact quiz or...