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Here are some resources to help teachers and students with our current lessons on plants.
Plants Website for Teachers and Students:
Know Plants http://knowplants.org/default.aspx Plants– links to research/informational sites about plants http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/plants.html
Plants for Kids—experiments and lessons designed to help kids understand plants http://herbarium.desu.edu/pfk/index.html
The Teacher’s Guide Plants/Flowers—lesson plans, printouts, clip art, crafts, whiteboard resources about plants http://www.theteachersguide.com/plantsflowers.htm
KinderPlans.com– Plant themed unit lessons, worksheets; activities http://www.kinderplans.com/content.cfm?pageid=169
Books Available in our Primary Library
****Look under the Plant Poster “How to Grow Plants” for...***
Blackaby, Susan. (2003). Plant packages: a book about seeds. Minneapolis, Minn.: Picture Window Books.
Call # 575.6 BLA
Facts about seeds and how they travel and how some produce new plants
Blevins, Wiley.(2004). Parts of a plant. Minneapolis, Minn.: Compass Books.
Call # 580 BLE
Shows parts of plants, easy to read text; incorporates phonics
Gibbons, Gail. (1991). From seed to plant. New York: Holiday House.
Call # 581.3 GIB
Explores relationship between seeds and the plants they make
Godwin, Sam.(2005). A seed in need: a first look at the plant cycle. Minneapolis, Minn.: Picture Window Books.
Call # 581.4 GOD
Insects see how the lifecycle of sunflower progresses
Kalman, Bobbie. (2008). Plants are living things. New York: Crabtree Publishing.
Call # 580 KAL
Shows how plants are living things
Lilly, Melinda. (2008). Make it grow. Vero Beach, FL.: Rourke Publishing.
Call # 571.8 LIL
Basic steps to growing plants and simple experiments to put into practice what you know about growing plants
Petersen, Christine. (2008). Plants we eat. Ann Harbor, Mich.: Cherry Lake Publishing.
Call # 635 PET
Tells where and how we get our food
Whitehouse, Patricia. (2009). Roots. Chicago: Heinemann Publishing.
Call # 581.4 WHI
Covers the shapes, sizes; colors of roots and how humans and animals use them
Reference Book *Look on the Reference Shelf for...
My First Britannica: Plants / V. 10. (2004). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica Publishing.
REF 031 MYF V. 10
Reading level for G 3-6 but teachers can use to research information for lessons and share images with students
Professional Resource* Teachers can look in the Professional Resource Room for…
World Book: Plants. (1998). Chicago: World Book Publishing.
PRO 580 PLA
Information on properties, life cycle, growth; uses of plants. Includes disk with games, puzzles ;experiments
*** Search for many more books in “Destiny” using the keyword: PLANTS ***
For many more books about plants, use “Destiny” and do a subject search with the keyword: PLANTS
Videos available for teacher check out
*Teachers, you can look in the Professional Resource Room in the AV drawers for these videos…
The Importance of Plants. Educational Videos. 2004. AV 572
Plant Lifecycles. Educational Videos. 2004. AV 584
All About Plant Pollination, Fruit, Flowers, & Seeds. Stone House Productions. 2006. AV 317
How Plants Grow. Educational Videos. 1998. AV 8
All About Seeds. Troll Video. 1993. AV 356
Brainpop Videos about the Plant Life Cycle and Parts of Plants:
http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/plants/plantlifecycle/preview.weml
http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/plants/partsofaplant/preview.weml
http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/plants/plantlifecycle/preview.weml
http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/plants/partsofaplant/preview.weml