Plant Science Projects For Kids
Botany Courses
Botany: An Introduction
to Plant Biology
This site contains a variety of resources and student activities
designed to assist in the study of Botany. Use site along with
this
book.
 Great Plant
Escape
An elemertary plant science program for 4th and 5th grade students.
Each of the lessons in this program is interdisciplinary, designed
to introduce students to plant science and increase their understanding
of how food grows.
Hawaiian
Ethnobotany
Botany course that illustrates its points with lovely Hawaiian
plants.
Botany Experiments
The
Effect of Music on Plants
In 1973, a woman named Dorothy Retallack published a small book
called The Sound of Music and Plants. Mrs. Retallack placed
plants in each chamber and speakers through which she played
sounds and particular styles of music. She watched the plants
and recorded their progress daily. She was astounded at what
she discovered.
Fun
Science Fair Projects
Some ideas and methods to help make it easier for you to have
a prize winning botany science project. From Janice Van Cleve.
Happy,
dancing raisins
Remember the dancing raisins commercial on TV? No? Well it doesn't
matter anyway, they have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do
with this experiment. Now, let's make some raisins boogie!
Mummified
Apple Recipe
Science is used in the study of how ancient Egyptians created
mummies. Create a mummified apple. Does it last as long or longer
than a fresh apple?
Operation
Colored Mulch
Can plants "see" colors? In a way they can, and then
they react to the colors they "notice."
Plant
Growth Experiments
The instructions here outline a protocol for conducting plant
growth experiments in the laboratory. You may want to make adaptations
for use in a greenhouse or outdoors.
Cell Structure
Plant
Cell Structure
Plants are unique amongst the eukaryotes, organisms whose cells
have membrane-enclosed nuclei and organelles, because they can
manufacture their own food.
Classifications
Classification
of Plants & Animals
At any one time in history, there are millions of different kinds
of plants and animals in the world. In 1753, a scientist in Sweden
named Carolus Linnaeus thought of an orderly system for classifying
plants and animals.
Fun
Facts about Fungi
Penicillin can save lives. Truffles, found by pigs, are a delicacy.
Did you know that ants farm fungi? These and other amazing facts.
Lichenland
Know that flat green stuff found on rocks? That's lichen. Why
should you care about learning about lichen? Check out this page
for kids to find out.
Mold
Terrarium
I mean really! Do you really have to PLAN to grow mold in a jar
of old food? Just grab something that's been in your fridg too
long and make the observations.
DNA from Plants
How
to extract DNA from anything living
Using your blender and an onion, here's how you can extract some
long strands of DNA.
Environment
Chaparral
and Fire
When we say that plants are adapted to fire, we mean that the
plants actually need fire as part of their lives, and that the
plant species could die out if fire didn't occur. Sounds a little
strange, doesn't it? Why would plants have anything to do with
fire?
The
Dirt on Soil
This is a world where fungi lay traps for thread-like worms.
Bacteria dine on toxic chemicals. The smaller the creature, the
stranger are its habits. Take an interactive journey into the
dirt beneath your feet.
Natural History for
Bell County Texas
Presented here are some of the things in nature that I have observed
and captured as images. Hopefully this will help motivate others
to make their own observations. Most of the material presented
is from Central Texas in the vicinity of Bell County, but much
of the material applies world wide.
Flowers
Northwest
Coloring Book Common Names Index
Just click on the common name to go to the page with the correct
drawings. Here's another page with the wildflowers
of Texas.
The
Structure of Flowers
Some flowers are tiny and hard to see: others are showy and flamboyant,
like orchids and roses. Some flowers grow in clusters, some bloom
alone. All flowers, however, have a protected ovary to contain
the seeds, and stamens to produce the pollen.
Why
Do Plants Have Flowers?
Flowers are used by a plant to have kids....er.....seeds, and
new baby plants. Simple, yet lovely illustrations to show flower
parts and how insects help pollenate flowers. Delightfully written.
How Plants "Drink"
Water
Celery
Stalks at Midnight
Did you ever wonder how a paper towel can soak up a spill, or
how water gets from a plant's roots to its leaves? The name for
this is "capillary action."
Extracting
life from a plant
OK Reeko, so how do plants take in water, I've never seen them
slurping it up with a straw? This experiment should shed some
light on this question.
Spineless
Potatoes
In this experiment we will introduce you to a principle called
osmosis. Using simple household items we will demonstrate what
osmosis (the natural passage or diffusion of water -- or other
liquids -- through a semi permeable membrane,) is and how it
works.
Trees
Trees
All about trees. Games and puzzles. Why leaves change color.
How to plant trees. Projects and uses for trees.
Dancing Flower Graphic from Sunny
Bunniezz flower page.
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