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General Sites
The Great Plant Escape
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html
This site, developed by Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, is
for 4th and 5th grade students but could be used for grade 1 with modifications
(see questions and links below).The site is set up as a mystery and the
students have six cases to solve. There is also a glossary, links, a guide
for teachers and ask a plant expert (ask LaPlant). The links are
excellent.
My First Garden
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/index.html
Learn how to plan, nurture and enjoy the benefits of a beautiful flower or
vegetable garden.
BBC-Living Things-Plants Life Cycle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/revisewise/science/living/06_act.shtml
Has
a very well done activity on what plants
need to live, a
printable
fact sheet and a test.
Plants-EnchantedLearning.com
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/
Here are plant printouts, an illustrated plant dictionary, an dichotomous key
and more. Scientific Method
The
Scientific Method of Problem Solving
http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/hsimeth.htm
A brief descriptions of the scientific method.
Lessons Plans and Webquests
Plants and Our Environment
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=3715&cid=2&url=3715/
Learn about the different parts of plants and how they work
Plant-Parts Salad
--takes a little time to load
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/index.html
Great list of vegetables that we eat that are parts of plants.
Do Plants Need Sunlight?
http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/sunlight.html
This lesson was developed by Reach Out!, University of Michigan's K-12
Math-Science Outreach Program.
ProTeacher!
http://www.proteacher.com/110013.shtml
Lesson plans on plants for elementary school teachers in grades k-5.
BrainPOP –Photosynthesis movie
http://www.brainpop.com/science/plantsandanimals/
photosynthesis/index.weml
[Please Note: BrainPOP is a free site where viewers may watch 3
movies/day. If you go to 3 subject pages on the site, even the same page
3 times, it counts as watching three movies. The movies are available on
CD-ROM for $.] [Return to the top]
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Note: Please keep in mind that the Internet
is a fluid medium and sites are constantly being added, moved and deleted.
If you find a dead or redirected link or you would like me to add a new resource
please contact me at morsilka@shenet.org.
Please give me the name of the task, the title of the link, and the url.
Thanks.
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