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Grounding in Botany
Reading Plants ::: Japanese Garden
Discovering Plants ::: Seeds & Sprouts
| Vocabulary Primary | |
| Vocabulary Secondary | |
| Lesson Plans: | Grades
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| Rooting into the Soil: Examining the relationship between plants, soil, and water | 4-8 |
| Mini-Ecosystems: Venus flytrap terrariums as a study of plant adaptations | 4-8 |
The lesson plans below were made possible through a generous grant from the Homeland Foundation. |
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| What Plants Need to Survive and Grow: Light | 3-6 |
| What Plants Need to Survive and Grow: Air | 3-6 |
| What Plants Need to Survive and Grow: Water | 3-6 |
| What Plants Need to Survive and Grow: Soil | 3-6 |
| Learning from Leaves: A Look at Leaf Color | 3-6 |
| Learning from Leaves: A Look at Leaf Size | 3-6 |
| Learning from Leaves: Adaptations to Differing Light Levels | 3-6 |
| Learning from Leaves: From Observation to Inference | 4-6 |
| Learning from Leaves: Adaptation Scavenger Hunt | 3-6 |
| Making Community Measurements: Which Plant Part? | 3-6 |
| Making Community Measurements: Abiotic Factors | 3-6 |
| Making Community Measurements: Biotic Factors | 3-6 |
Supporting materials:
A Reading Plants poster is for sale from The Huntington's Botanical Division.
Habitats of the World, from the Discovery Channel
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/habitats/index.html
This lesson encourages students to make a thorough study of habitat types. Site includes discussion questions, extensions, and vocabulary.Lighten Up! from the Chicago Academy of Sciences
http://www.caosclub.org/freelessons/plan1.html
In this activity demonstrates that plants need certain conditions to grow. Students experiment with plants in shoe boxes, showing how plants grow towards light.Observe a Leaf, from the LessonPlansPage.com
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceLeafObservations.htm
This lesson starts with leaf observations, and can be extended to leaf collections.Photo Synthesis and Transpiration, from the Explorer
http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/explorer-db/html/783750870-447DED81.html
This is a misnamed activity in which student plant peas. One plant is grown in the light, one in the dark. Can be used as an examination of the parts of a plant and the basis for photosynthesis.Sammy Saguaro’s Scrapbook, from the Desert Botanical Garden
http://www.dbg.org/sammy/
This animated site shows the life history and adaptations of saguaro cacti. (Requires Macromedia’s Flash plug in to see the full range of images.)
| Vocabulary | |
| Lesson Plans: | Grades
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| Why is an Apple Like a Suitcase? The Importance of Fruit and Seeds in Plant Reproduction | K-2 |
| Experiments in Tea Dying | K-2 |
| Smelling Up a Storm: Examining the relationship between plants and scents | K-3 |
| Weaving Cotton | K-3 |
Supporting materials:
A Plant Civilization poster is for sale from The Huntington's Botanical Division. You can print the booklet that describes this poster in PDF.
Cotton's Journey from the Alaca Company
http://www.cottonsjourney.com
A good source for cotton-related books and materials.
| Lesson Plan: | Grades
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| Seeing Seeds | K-1 |
| Vocabulary | |
| Lesson Plans: | Grades
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| Japanese Stone Lanterns: Culture and Decoration in the Japanese Garden | 4-7 |
| Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Painting | 4-7 |
| Haiku: Writing and observation in the Japanese Garden | 4-7 |
| Seasonal Scroll Painting: Art and observation in the Japanese Garden | 4-7 |
| Exploring the Elements of a Japanese Garden through the Book Arts | 4-7 |
| Zen Gardens: Design elements and symbolism in The Huntington Japanese Garden | 4-7 |
Botanical Posters and Plant Trivia Timeline
In addition to lesson plans and school programs from the Education Department, The Huntington's Botanical Division offers four botanically-themed posters for sale, and an online time line of botanical history.
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Last revised: 28 February 2008
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