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Plants
New Links 3rd
Grade Skills - Science - plants - prepare for testing
Identify Flower parts - Great site Helping Plants Grow Well - interactive - fun READING TRIPS
Just for Kids lots of different activities. - Exploring the Secret Life of Trees was really good -- took awhile to listen and has activities along the way. Trees Are Terrific has a graphics only version and the enhanced version -- riddles are at the end. -- good information ** Click on Hike (brings up a new box -- you can take a tour of the book places) ** The Great Plant Escape An activity that involves reading and clicking. ** The Web of Life a cute story that tells about the Food Chain and how plants play a part in that. (Read this story, told by a simple spider, about how everything needs everything else.) ** The Garden You will find all sorts of interesting things about plants and animals here. This is cute – You can go to the picture to make a Garden – it’s fun, but the pictures are sensitive and sometimes move after you put them in place. ** Christmas Tree Facts Arkansas Kids.com check out games -- Focused on Arkansas Facts Hangman, Word puzzles, crossword puzzles, etc -- all online ** INFORMATION
ON PLANTS
The Nature Study Online Project How to know the Earth's Plants and Animals ** E-nature.com Lots of information on nature ** Dandelion- Science Museum of Minnesota A wonderful site with pictures and information about Dandelions. ** Missouri Botanical Garden Web Server A site with information about the botanical gardens. There are plenty of pictures of different flowers and plants. ** The Secret Garden This site contains radiographs of flowers. The radiographs look like x-rays taken of the flowers. ** Plants, Plant Life Teaching Theme This site has lots of links that look good which include Activities, Webquests, Resources, Downloads, Worksheets, etc. ** Science Lesson Plans -- Grades 2 and 3 ** Sites to further Check out *****You've Got To Be Kidding - a game from PBS Kids - climb the tree and solve real life problems by choosing the best advice. -- Great Game! http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/yougottobekidding/ Giant Sequoia - take a closer look at this special tree from a ThinkQuest Jr. team. http://library.thinkquest.org/J002415/ FORsite - learn all about how trees grow, forestry work and equipment, and how to identify trees. http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/Forsite/contents.htm Seed to Harvest - follow the journey of a Christmas tree from seed to harvest from Willey's Christmas Tree Farm. http://www.willeyschristmastrees.com/seedharv.htm Tree Identification - learn how to identify coniferous and deciduous trees using photos and clues then try a quiz from students in British Columbia, Canada. http://www.sd22.bc.ca/hillview/treeid.htm Candy Cane Village - choose a tree and explore the merry places in this virtual village for Christmas surprises! http://www.rainbow-magic.com/holidays/christmas/ |