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Radish Seed Lab
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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Gardening and Foods
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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The Bean Book
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....
Michigan Farm Bureau
The Little Red Hen
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,...
Berkshire Museum
The Three Life-Giving Sisters: Plant Cultivation and Mohican Innovation
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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Our Friends or Foes
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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Relationships and Biodiversity Lab
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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Watermelon Count
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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Sunflower Count
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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Life Cycles: Plant Parts
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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Tree Book Worksheet
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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Edible Artwork for Birds
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.
It's About Time
Competition Among Organisms
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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Glossaries
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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Lifestyles of the Eco-Friendly
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
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...
It's About Time
Photosynthesis, Respiration, and the Carbon Cycle
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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Burrowing Animals – Ground Squirrels
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...
Berkshire Museum
Adopt a Schoolyard Tree
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...
Aurora Trust
Journey Under the Sea
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,...
Oklahoma State University
Hairy Heredity
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...
Western Kentucky University
Understanding Genetics: Punnett Squares
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
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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Simple Genetics Practice Problems
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...
