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Living Things
Earth Sci.
Space Sci.
Physical Sci.
VUSD
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Life Sciences: Plants
Seeds
of Change Garden - Examine life 500 years ago as viewed
through food sources. Discover where many foods originated.
Explore cultural and ethnic diversity through gardening.
Find numerous K-6 activities linking gardening, food,
history and diversity. Truly a unique and worthwhile
site.
Into the Garden - This site helps students to
distinguish between observations and inferences based upon
scientific inquiry into plant growth by growing a plant
locally and observing one grown at the Tele-Garden Web site.
Best for grades 2-5. Includes teacher and student
activities.
Cooper's Garden Page. Cooper's Gardening Club is also registered at KidsGardening.com so that we can correspond with other school gardening clubs.
The
Great Plant Escape - Detective LePlant guides students
through the information they need about plants and the part
they play in our lives. In six multi-disciplinary lessons,
plants, dirt, flowers, and bulbs are the center of
attention. A teachers guide integrates the lessons and
online quizzes with other classroom ideas.