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Animal Attraction
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Investigate a flower's power of marketing by making an imitation flower that successfully signals a bee (or other pollinator of your choice) to visit.

Skin Deep
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In this activity, learners explore how to protect their skin while applying pesticides to plants.

Glove Gardens
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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.

How Plants Grow
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In this biology activity (page 3 of the PDF), learners will explore how plants turn sunlight into food through a process called photosynthesis.

What's Hiding in the Air?: Acid Rain Activity
As a model of acid rain, learners water plants with three different solutions: water only, vinegar only, vinegar-water mixture.

Film Canister Farming
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In this hands-on botany activity, learners sprout vegetables in film canisters.
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.

Leaf Me Alone
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In this activity, learners explore the structure of plant leaves. Learners find out what happens when they coat either the top or bottom sides of leaves with petroleum jelly.

Decomposition Column
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In this activity, learners turn empty 2-liter bottles into a see-through compost container.

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

Seed Orbs
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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.

Desert Water Keepers
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In this outdoor, sunny day activity, learners experiment with paper leaf models to discover how some desert plants conserve water.

Flower Powder
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In this outdoor activity, learners use artificial bees and paper models of flowers to find out how bees transfer pollen from one flower to another.

Salt, Soil and Seeds
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Discover how the salt in soil affects plant growth with a few seeds, some cotton, and salt. In this hands-on activity, you will plant seeds in 2 different kinds of soil, containing more or less salt.

Starting Your Container Garden
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This guide outlines how to plant a garden even if you don't have a yard!

Planting with Precision
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In this activity, learners explore how engineers work to solve the challenges of a society, such as efficient planting and harvesting.

Pollinator Bath
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In this activity, learners will build a design and build a place for pollinators to drink from.

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.

Easy PEAsy Seed Germination
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In this activity, learners determine the necessary conditions for pea seed germination.

CD Greenhouse
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In this activity, learners plant seeds and watch them sprout and grow inside a CD case.