Science is a Blast

6th Grade Science, Jefferson Middle School

Plant Lifecycle, Seeds and Flowers

Plant activities for SmartBoard: http://www.softschools.com/science/plants/

Flower Genetics: http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mbierner/BIO305E/Lectures,%20etc/Life%20Cycle%20Flowers.pdf

Parts of a Flower with notes: http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/qca/flowerparts.html

Seed Lifecycle: http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/lifecycles/lifecyc1.htm

Pollination: http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/pollination.html

Pollination Lesson with worksheet and background information sheet: http://www.sacsplash.org/mather/manual/lowres/lesson09.pdf

Picture of Flower with Pollination tube, then fill in blank form: http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/124.asp

Sexual Reproduction in Angiosperms: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/A/Angiosperm.html

Sexual and Asexual Reproduction in Angiosperms: http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/FPAS/bcs/cape/capefl.html

Interactive Lesson from Rutgers - Advanced: http://bio.rutgers.edu/~gb101/lab8_angio_repro/index.html

University of Maryland / diagram of flower, meiosis, fruit development: http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio106/angio.htm

Advanced - microscope lesson: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/botany_130_spring04/Lab_topics/zf%20Angiosperms.pdf

Flower parts - Advanced: http://botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/Wilson/tfp/repro/tfplec4s01.htm

Cool Plant movies of germination - click corn or sunflower: http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/earlygrowth/germination/germ.html

Biology Corner - function and parts of flower with questions: http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/flower_coloring.html

Flower Parts and Fertilization(To see the animation scroll down to the second flower picture. To watch the animation again, click the "Refresh" button on your browser.) http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/biology/world_of_plants/growing_plants_rev3.shtml

The Great Plant Escape: Be a Detective: http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case3/index.html

Pollination and pollination game (Click through the pages to find the pollination game.): http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/ecotree/flowers/pollination.htm

Design a Flower Game: http://glasshouse.schoolscience.co.uk/discoveryzone/designaflower_game

Botany Basics / A great introduction to flowering plants, plant reproduction and the parts of a flower.A great introduction to flowering plants, plant reproduction and the parts of a flower.: http://www.backyardnature.net/botany.htm

Pollen under a microscope: http://education.denniskunkel.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keyword=pollen&osCsid=486bb5323c9bd218f087ef40a31fb36f&search_in_description=1

The Secret Lives of Flowers / Interactive: http://www.exploratorium.edu/gardening/bloom/secret_life_of_flowers/index.html

Farmer Jane / Click on farmer media and movie: http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/NewPlants/index.html

Flower parts: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/life_cycles.shtml

Poppy / flower diagram, click for more: http://www.plantlife.org.uk/poppy/interactive.htm

Digital flowers: http://www.life.illinois.edu/plantbio/digitalflowers/Flowers/index.htm

Assemble the parts of the flower: http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/ecotree/flowers/flowerparts.htm#top

Flowers of the UK: http://www.uksafari.com/wildflowers.htm

Photo gallery of flowers of North America: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/

Photo gallery of seeds: http://www.mobot.org/education/tropicalfeast/default.asp

Seed Dispersal: http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/seed_dispersl/index.htm

Seed Dispersal: http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/seed.html

Seed Dispersal: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/cool/seedy.htm

Seed Hunt: Printable cards: http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/download/hunt_seeds

Fruits called Nuts: http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph8.htm

Lesson Plans - great lab angiosperm vs. gymnosperm: http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:h6jaWnJaZ6UJ:https://fp.auburn.edu/asim/State%2520PAGES/Project%2520Files/AHSGE%2520Activities/COS1%2610Angiosperms%2520and%2520Gymnosperms.pdf+angiosperm+and+bean+seeds&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Grow Alfalfa Seeds at home: http://www.backyardnature.net/simple/alf-spr.htm

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