Kids' Web Classroom: Plant Growth and
Development
This section provides kid-appropriate sites that
you might want to let your students explore on
their own, or with your guidance.
The
Great Plant Escape
Help Detective LePlant solve the
mysteries of plant life! This would be a great
site to explore with your class—especially
fourth and fifth grade levels—to enhance your
plant studies. Learn about plant parts and
growth; soil and nutrients; seeds and germination;
flowers; and bulbs.
Plant-Parts Salad
This fun, clickable
activity helps students make connections between
the foods we eat and plant anatomy though building
a salad. As your students click through it, you
can discuss the text that explains what it is
about the characteristics of that particular
edible plant part that indicates which part of the
plant it is. This is quick, and especially well
suited to younger students.
Biology4Kids: Plants
Tour though this dynamic site that
leaps from topic to related topic, revealing the
science at work in the study of plants. Good for
educators and students, this site discusses the
basics of plants; photosynthesis; mosses and
liverworts; ferns; xylem and phloem; gymnosperms;
angiosperms; reproduction; special structures; and
the relationship between humans and plants.
Build-a-Prairie
Your students will be hooked on this
site, as they learn which plants and animals go
together best to create a thriving ecosystem, and
a living prairie unfurls before their eyes. You
may want to use this as a guided class activity to
discuss the interdependence of living
things.
Why Do Plants Have Flowers?
Using a fun narrative style and great
illustrations, this page explains the mechanism and
importance of pollination for plant reproduction. The
technical vocabulary is well explained, and this page can be
useful for kids and adults alike.
The Adventures of Herman the Worm
This colorful site reminds that without
worms, our soil would be very poor. Worms are important, and
Herman will tell you about the history of the worm, his
anatomy, where he lives, what he eats, and how he helps the
soil.
Photosynthesis Movie
BrainPOP presents this animated movie that explains
photosynthesis simply, using really helpful visual
illustrations of the natural processes.
Seasons Movie
This BrainPOP movie employs accurate visuals to help kids
understand the effects that the tilt of the earth and its
orbit around the sun have on seasonal change.
Autumn Leaves Movie
The visual animation in this movie is really
helpful in illustrating just what is taking place inside
leaves that causes them to have different colors in the
fall.
