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Plant Parts and Their Diseases
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This exercise is designed to teach young learners the different parts of a plant (root, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds), the basic functions of each part, and to show that tiny microscopic o

Extinct!: Are You Smarter than a Plant?
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In this online activity, learners find out whether they are smart enough to survive as a plant.

Take a Plant to Lunch
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Learners make a "menu" of any plants in their lunch for Monday through Friday and draw the plants from their lunch.

Plant Patterns
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In this outdoor mapping activity, learners explore where plants grow and map plant-distribution patterns.

Effect of Environment on Plant Growth
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The purpose of this plant biotechnology activity is to demonstrate the effect of changes in the environment on the growth and fertility of landscape grasses and crop grasses such as wheat and rice.

Invent a Plant
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In this activity, learners construct models of plants that are adapted to living under specific environmental conditions.

Flower Dissection
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In this activity, learners perform a plant dissection to gain a better understanding of a plant’s structure and function.

How do we name things?
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In this activity, learners will learn a bit about botany as the explore botanical names and common names of plants.
Growing Plants: Track Their Growth
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In this activity, learners will be working with predictions with a time frame of one week, or longer. Start by planting seedlings.

Plants Around a Building
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In this outdoor activity, learners discover how the environment around a building affects the growth of plants.
Sock Garden
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In this activity (located in the middle of the page), learners start a garden by planting their socks!

Plant Parts You Eat
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In this food science activity, learners observe different plant-originated foods.

Green Travelers
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In this activity (on pages 23-29), partners use the Plant Traveler Cards, along with a world map and map worksheets, to follow plants such as cassava, chocolate and coffee that grew first in one part

From the Ground Up
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In this plant science activity, learners conduct four experiments to observe how plants respond to sunlight and gravity.

Everyday Poisons
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This reading and writing activity (on pages 2-9) teaches what plant parts should be avoided, how a person can get rid of toxins, symptoms of plant poisoning, and how plants create poisons to repel pre

Healthy Habitats Have Native Plants
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In this activity, learners help identify native and non-native plant species, learn about invasive species, and determine how native plants provide a healthier habitat.

Find Out How Plants Use Water
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In this activity, learners investigate how plants use water. By making the flowers change color, learners see how water moves up the stem to the leaves and the flowers.

Do Plants Need Sunlight?
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In this activity, learners find out what happens when they cover leaves with pieces of black construction paper. This activity shows learners that plants need sunlight to survive.

Roots and Shoots
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In this outdoor activity, learners discover that plants aren't just shoots (stem, branches, leaves, and flowers) growing above ground, but contain plenty of roots growing underground—more than half th

Growing Plants
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In this "Sid the Science Kid" activity from Episode 107: My Shrinking Shoes, learners observe how plants change as they grow.