K D4 - Plants

Supporting Materials

Game

Banana Puzzle

A layered puzzle that shows the growth cycle of a banana

Game

Carrot Puzzle

A layered puzzle that goies through the growth cycle of a carrot plant.

ebook

Exploring Flowers

Details the characteristics of flowers, how they grow, and the purpose they serve on plants. Includes full-color photographs and a glossary.

ebook

Exploring Leaves

Details the characteristics of leaves, how they grow, and the purpose they serve on plants. Includes full-color photographs and a glossary.

ebook

Exploring Stems

Details the characteristics of stems, how they grow, and the purpose they serve on plants. Includes full-color photographs and a glossary.

DVD

Forest Habitats

Visit deciduous and evergreen forests to see the plants and animals that make this ecosystem their home. Discover how living things change over time and adapt to their surroundings. Learn that living things depend upon their environment and upon each other to survive.

DVD

How Plants Grow

Students will investigate and understand that in order for seeds to germinate and grow they must receive certain basic needs: food, air, water, light, and a place to grow. Next, they are introduced to the parts of a plant and learn how plants produce their own food. They also see how plants and...

DVD

Johnny Appleseed

Meet John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Living in harmony with nature, he fulfills his dream of traveling west to plant apple orchards across the frontier to aid pioneers on their arduous journeys. Johnny's gentle spirit, love of all living things and sheer perseverance wins him...

iPod

Owl Moon (Unabridged)

A young child and her father search the moonlit woods for the Great Horned Owl. Movingly narrated by author Jane Yolen.

DVD

Plant Lifecycles

With the help of a friendly scarecrow, students identify the basic needs of plants. They learn how seeds grow into plants and that the plant goes through changes called a lifecycle. They witness each step as seeds germinate and grow into flowering plants which produce seeds that eventually...

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