March 11, 2013

Plants Unit Study



Moving right along, the next unit on my list for science will be plants! I hope you find the resources helpful!

As always, everything I use for our studies are either free or cheap! All books can be found at your local library, or on Amazon.







BOOKS - 



DK Eyewitness Plant



DK Eyewitness Tree 



What Happens When Flowers Grow?



What Shall I Grow?



Hungry Plants



From Bacteria to Plants



One Hour Nature Crafts



Flowers, Fruits and Seeds 



Insect-Eating Plants



World of Plants



The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds







KINDLE BOOKS -



Handbook of Nature Study - $2.99 (This is a WONDERFUL book to have in print, though.)



How to Draw Plants - Free for Prime



My First Book About Flowers - Free for Prime



Interesting Facts About Plants - Free for Prime



Kindle Botany Books for Older Kids (a good list and mostly free)





PRINTABLES -



Plants Lapbooks and Unit Studies - Homeschool Share

Plants Lapbook - Homeschool Helper Online

Plants Lapbook - Squidoo

Plants Worksheets - Squidoo

Plants Worksheets and Notebooking - HS Launch

Plants Worksheets - Classroom Jr.

Plants Worksheets - Education.com

Gardening Pre-K Pack - Homeschool Creations

Tree ID and Coloring Pages - Little Schoolhouse in the Suburbs

Montessori Inspired Botany/Gardening Unit - Living Montessori Now

Botany Calendar Connections - 1+1+1=1

Learn About Flowers Paper Craft - DLTK-Kids

All About Plants - Montessori for Everyone

Plants and Tree Printables - Handbook of Nature Study

Botany Printables - Ellen McHenry's Basement Workshop

Plant Worksheets - Have Fun Teaching

Plant Printables and Activities - A to Z Teacher Stuff

Flower PreK Unit - 2 Teaching Mommies

Plant Coloring Pages - Squidoo

Plants Curriculum - Hands of a Child - $9

Botany Curriculum - Hands of a Child - $9

Traveling Seeds Curriculum - Hands of a Child - $7

Get Ready to Garden Curriculum - Hands of a Child - $7

All About Plants Unit Study - Currclick - $3.50

All About Plants - Simple Days Unit Study - Currclick - 99 cents





ONLINE RESOURCES - 

30 Free Learning Resources for Gardening and Farms - Homeschooling Hearts & Minds

Botany & Plants Unit Study - Squidoo

Flowers in Art - Squidoo

50 Delightful, Edible Flowers - Squidoo

The Plant Kingdom - Squidoo

Creating a Terrarium - Teaching Tiny Tots

Nature Detectives

Plants for Kids - Science Kids

Plants - Biology 4 Kids

Plants Video - Nat Geo Kids

Plants - Kids Biology

Botany - Homeschool Escapade

The First Book of Trees - download

Plants - neoK12

Plant Videos - BBC

Plant Crafts - eHow





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgYPeeABoUs&feature=player_detailpage

They Might Be Giants - Photosynthesis





http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Yu21ShnKhHk

Plant and Animal Cell Rap





http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1gLa5EWn9OI

Learn About Plants - Photosynthesis





http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LxaELwrTChs

Learn About Plants - Life Cycle





http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HuKa57OJ_iA

Parts of a Flower





I hope you enjoy the resources!!! :D

Have fun learning!





6 comments:

  1. I like the videos you included, they look cute.

    In theory we'll be studying botany in 2 years........

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  2. Thanks!!!!
    I hope this helps you out! ;)

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