***http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/facts.html

contains information on plant structure, life cycle and growing a plant.

And tips on growing plants. Ex. Lettuce indoors

Use all the sections to understand plant parts and life cycle. Perennial

A plant that lives for 3 or more years. It can grow, flower, and set seed for many years. Examples: daisies, chrysanthemums, and roses.

Annual

A plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season. It will grow, flower, set seed, and die. Examples: marigolds, tomatoes, and petunias.

Biennial

A plant that needs two growing seasons to complete its life cycle. It grows vegetatively (produces leaves) one season, goes dormant or rests over the winter, and then grows flowers, sets seed, and dies the second season.

Examples: parsley, carrots, and foxglove

Also has plant mysteries pertaining to life cyle

***http://www.littleexplorers.com/subjects/plants/printouts.shtml

contains sequencing cards for a flower life cycle

has a picture of flower parts a blank to label

Math – color by number of different types of flowers

***http://www.eighthfloor.org/academy/dcooper/1

a slide how on the plant parts and life cycle

http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/lc/plants/k/lcpk.html

contains a life cycle dictionary that can be used for research

Material and media:

The Reason for a Flower by Ruth Heller – use before or afer observing plant parts

Tissue paper, construction paper, pipe cleaners, markers, glue, sticks, etc.

http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/WordSearches/flowers.htm

types of flowers word search – use as an extra

Book to use and read

Linnea in Monet's Garden.....by Lena Anderson
Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots.....by Sharon Lovejoy
Flower Garden.....by Eve Bunting
Planting a Rainbow.....by Lois Ehlert
Tom's Midnight Garden.....by Philippa Pearce
The Secret Garden.....several different versions are available
Pumpkin, Pumpkin.....by Jeanne Titherington
Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden.....by George Levenson
The Carrot Seed.....by Ruth Krauss
Mrs. Spitzer's Garden.....by Edith Pattou
The Gardener.....by Sarah Stewart
Vegetable Garden.....by Douglas Florian

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/plantparts.html

awesome game where they can match plant parts to types of plants

ex. A tomato is a leaf, stem, fruit,root, flower

http://www.songsforteaching.com/BSSBRootsStems.html

songs for plants

ex.