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

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (located in the middle of the page), learners start a garden by planting their socks!

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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In this food science activity, learners observe different plant-originated foods.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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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

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this food science activity, learners conduct an experiment that demonstrates the importance of light to plants.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity on page 7 of the PDF (Plants—The Green Machines), learners examine the effects that light and air have on green plants.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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In this activity, learners create a garden in a disposable glove. They learn about the conditions necessary to make the seeds sprout and actively participate in caring for their plants.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 11 1 to 4 weeks
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Learners use a transparent plastic glove as a container to grow seeds. A different kind of seed can be planted in each finger.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this outdoor, sunny day activity, learners experiment with paper leaf models to discover how some desert plants conserve water.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners will make seed orbs to grow new trees and plants. Learners will explore ecology and life cycles as well as stewardship through this activity.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners plant seeds and watch them sprout and grow inside a CD case.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 1 to 7 days
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In this outdoor activity/field trip, learners explore the concept of population density.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor, winter activity, learners find living green plants under the snow and determine the light and temperature conditions around the plants.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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As a model of acid rain, learners water plants with three different solutions: water only, vinegar only, vinegar-water mixture.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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In this outdoor activity, learners make models of homes that might protect small animals from the elements, then search living plants for real structures made by small animals.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this online game, learners must purchase power plants for their city.

free Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this culinary activity, learners use multiple senses (sight, smell, touch, and taste!) to explore real seaweed samples.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor, mystery-solving activity, learners work like detectives, gathering evidence to identify the culprits that are attacking plants.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this outdoor activity, learners search for the warmest and coolest, windiest and calmest, wettest and driest, and brightest and darkest spots in an area.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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This outdoor activity (on page 2 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Sand Dunes) is a full inquiry investigation into how the amount of moisture in a sand dune relates to the number of plants growing

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours