Plants (as a natural resource)
Children's Books
Plants Are Living Things. By Bobbie Kalman. (2007). 24p. Carbtree Publishing Company, (978-0778732570). Gr. 1-3.
This book contains a mass amount of information about plants and how they grow and help other living things, including humans because of their production of oxygen.
This book contains a mass amount of information about plants and how they grow and help other living things, including humans because of their production of oxygen.
Plants: Resource Our World Depends On. By Ian Graham. (2005). 32p. Heinemann-Raintree, (978-1403456274). Gr. 2-4.
This book contains images of various types of plants. In addition, this book explains the different types of reasons we can use plants and how it is done.
This book contains images of various types of plants. In addition, this book explains the different types of reasons we can use plants and how it is done.
Using Plants: Exploring Earth's Resources. By Sharon Katz Cooper. (2007). 24p. Raintree Publishers, (978-1406206199). Gr. 2-4.
This book allows students to understand where plants come from and how/why we use plants as a natural resource.
This book allows students to understand where plants come from and how/why we use plants as a natural resource.
Web Sites for Kids
Build A Salad
This game allows students to identify which part of the food we eat (leaf, stem, fruit, root, or flower) while making a salad. At the end of the game there is a activity.
Fruit and Vegetable Sort
This game allows students to sort food depending on if it is identified as a fruit or as a vegetable.
Where's The Wood?
This game allows students to determine which objects are made from wood and how it that wood came from a tree.
This game allows students to identify which part of the food we eat (leaf, stem, fruit, root, or flower) while making a salad. At the end of the game there is a activity.
Fruit and Vegetable Sort
This game allows students to sort food depending on if it is identified as a fruit or as a vegetable.
Where's The Wood?
This game allows students to determine which objects are made from wood and how it that wood came from a tree.
Teacher Resources - Lessons/Activities
Getting to Know the Products from Trees
This lesson plan allows students to recognize that many products come from trees and the different parts of trees.
Plants and Seeds Lesson Plan
This website provides lessons that are too advanced for second graders; however, teachers can pull ideas and activities.
People Use Natural Resources
This lesson plan focuses on how humans depend on natural resources for survival.
Roots, Stems, Leaves, and Flowers
This worksheet allows students to identify the different parts of a plant.
What Do Plants Make?
Worksheet that allows students to categorize which things are made from plants and which things are not made from plants.
This lesson plan allows students to recognize that many products come from trees and the different parts of trees.
Plants and Seeds Lesson Plan
This website provides lessons that are too advanced for second graders; however, teachers can pull ideas and activities.
People Use Natural Resources
This lesson plan focuses on how humans depend on natural resources for survival.
Roots, Stems, Leaves, and Flowers
This worksheet allows students to identify the different parts of a plant.
What Do Plants Make?
Worksheet that allows students to categorize which things are made from plants and which things are not made from plants.
Teacher Resources - Assessments
Foldables
The third image is a plant foldable that students can create.
Plant Unit Test
This test can be used as an assessment or teachers can pull questions to use in their own way.
Quizlet
This website provides multiple notecards about plants; however, teachers can pull questions and answers from these notecards to create their own assessment.
The third image is a plant foldable that students can create.
Plant Unit Test
This test can be used as an assessment or teachers can pull questions to use in their own way.
Quizlet
This website provides multiple notecards about plants; however, teachers can pull questions and answers from these notecards to create their own assessment.