| c. Plant Growth |
| Characteristics of Plants |
| | Plants - BBC
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| | A great animated introduction to the properties of plants - from the BBC! |
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| | The Great Plant Escape
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| | From the University of Illinois-Chicago, an innovative site that explores the many aspects of plant life. Help Detective LePlant solve several cases involving the properties of plants! |
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| | Zoom Plant Dictionary
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| | From the fabulous Zoom School, an illustrated glossary of plants for young students! |
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| | A Closer Look at Plants
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| | Plants use flowers to transfer their pollen and make seeds. In this section, you will have a chance to learn about flowering plants. |
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| | Plants in Motion
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| | An incredible collection of Quicktime movies that show various stages of plant growth through time-lapse photography. |
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| | World of Plants
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| | Learn about plants around the world at this site - varieties of plants, uses of plants, making food, and more! |
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| | Plants!
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| | From the site: Plants are one of the major kingdoms of living things. Plants are important to us as they provide us with food, clothing, shelter, medicines, even the air we breathe! This website contains information, quizzes, links and activities on plants. |
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| | Top Crops!
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| | A fun online game from the U.S. Government (believe it or not!). Click on a crop - peaches, lettuce, corn, grapes, soybeans, mushrooms, apples, bananas, potatoes, oranges - and get a fact sheet. Then answer the trivia questions about each crop! |
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| | Why do Plants Have Flowers?
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| | A great introduction to the life cycle of plants!
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| | The Seedy Side of Plants
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| | A great site from PBS that explores the unique methods seeds use to travel in their quest for survival, how plants learn to live in unlikely environments, and how controversial genetic engineering is altering the natural seed production of plants.
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| | How Plants Grow
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| | "How do plants and flowers grow? With a little help from friends like the wind and the bee." Learn all about how plants grow at this site! |
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| | Trees are Terrific
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| | Explore the fascinating world of trees with your animated guide, Pierre! A fabulous site provided by the U. of Illinois Extension School. |
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| | Plant and Animal Explorer
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| | Let's take a look at our planet – Earth. Lots of different plants and animals live on Earth. They can grow in many different places. Check out these examples! |
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| | Fun Forest Facts - All About Trees
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| | Learn all about trees, reforestation, wood production, and more! |
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| | Student Guide to Trees
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| | Learn all about the following topics: Trees at Work, Dead and Alive, A Little Help From Their Friends, Where Does the Green Go? What Do Trees Do for Dinner? Trees for Tomorrow, People Who Work on the Woods ... And much more! |
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| | USDA - Plant Stories
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| | A series of entertaining lessons on plants, including: Plant to Human: "Hands Off, Buster!", The Plant Hunters..., Plants Fight Off Foreign Invaders, Cracking Natures Color-Code for Flowers. |
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| | Real Trees for Kids
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| | A great site that explores various types of trees, how they grow, and what they do for our environment! |
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| | Zip and the Life of Plants
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| | Zip is a bee who really knows his stuff when it comes to plants and his favorite drink - Nectar. Check out his great activity about plant growth and flowers! |
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| | Growing Plants
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| | Another great "science clip" from the BBC. Help this plant grow! |
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| | Vegetation Fascination
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| | Read about Wisconsin trees & plants: Champion Trees
Definitely Deciduous, Dichotomous Tree Key, Forest Plants, Forever Evergreen, Plant Facts and Fun ... and more! |
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| | Botanist-in-Training Glossary
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| | Definitions of hundreds of "plant terms"! |
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| | Forests are for Kids!
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| | From the Idaho Forest Products Commission, a nice overview of forests, trees, products made from trees, the paper-making process, and more! |
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| | Field Guide to Trees
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| | A handy guide to North American trees! |
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| | Carnivorous Plants
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| | Plants that eat meat! That sounds unbelievable isn’t it? But, it is true. Such plants do exist. Not one or two kinds, about 600 different kinds of them have been found. Learn all about them here! |
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