Growth and Changes in Plants

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Watch it Grow
Grades: 3

Summary:  Choose up to five different types of vegetables and watch them grow.  Then see which part of the plant we are most like to eat and what part of the plant it comes from.


How to integrate: Shared, Independent

BBC - Plants
Grades: 3-6

Summary:  Sarah Jane has been kidnapped by the Blathereen! Help grow the Rakweed to win her freedom in this plants game!  There are four games in total.  Complete each game with your plant knowledge.

How to integrate: Shared, Independent

The Life Cycle of a Plant
Grades: 3

Summary:  There are three activities in total
1) Life Cycle Diagram - Place the labels and the notes in the correct locations in the life cycle of a plant diagram. 
2) Flower Anatomy - Click on the various part of the flower to read about the name and the function.  Then try to match the correct labels to the diagram.
3) Seed Dispersal - read each of the ways seeds are disperse and then complete a sorting activity.

How to integrate: Shared, Independent

BBC Plant Life Cycle
Grades: 3-6

Summary: MI High Agent, we need your help to stop the dangerous Hogweed plant from spreading. There are two games  - one labeling and one adventure game on seed dispersal. The second game requires a keyboard to play and therefore not ideal for smartboard.

How to integrate:  Shared, Independent

BBC - Helping Plants Grow Well
Grades: 2-3

Summary: Adjust the water and heat and watch how those factors affect the growth of the plant.

How to integrate: Modeled, Shared