Plants

(information about composting at the bottom!)

Word Puzzles for Children

Flower Wordsearch

http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/WordSearches/flowers.htm

Plant Wordsearch

http://www.abcteach.com/Plants/wordsearch.htm

http://www.abcteach.com/Plants/wordsearch2.htm (advanced)

Plant Crossword

http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/Crosswords/plants.html

Activities for Children

Help Farmer Jane plant your garden, and watch it grow!

http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/NewPlants/index.html

Websites to Help Plan Unit

Plants at Enchanted Learning - printables and information

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/

Kentucky Elementary School Page - Informational Links, Gardening, Interactive Links

http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/plants/default.htm

Let's Get Growing - site sponsered by Home Depot and Scotts - teaching ideas for creating a Peace Garden, grant information, catalog

http://www.letsgetgrowing.com/teachers.asp

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/science/plants/

Poem to Use if the Flowers Don't Grow!

I planted some seeds in hopes they'd grow

Something went wrong, I just don't know

Instead of some flowers, it's a cupful of dirt

I love you! I hope your feelings aren't hurt.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

Fiction

Lobel, Arnold Frog and Toad Together The Garden 1971

Spring Poetry collected by Mrs. Henriksen - LINK IS BROKEN 4/7/07

http://members.shaw.ca/henriksent/spring.htm

Theme Unit with Lesson Plans, Online Activities, Links LINK IS BROKEN 4/7/07

http://www.state.sd.us/deca/DDN4Learning/ThemeUnits/Plants/index.htm

Composting

A Scripted Slide Set about Composting for Kids

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/sustainable/slidesets/kidscompost/cover.html

Composting in Schools

http://www.css.cornell.edu/compost/schools.html

Soda Bottle Bioreactor - experiment in school with composting

http://www.css.cornell.edu/compost/soda.html

Vermicomposting - Composting with Worms

Worms are classified as invertebrates. Some worms are insect larvae.

Yucky Kids at Discovery.com

Travel through Wendell Worm's World or Ask /Wendell

- learn about worms as recycling and body parts

Roach World

Includes fun and games

Teacher Center

Worm Woman - Information about Vermicomposting

items to purchase including bins and the Worms Eat My Garbage Manual

Worm Bin Project - Lesson Plan - Students learn about decomposition and the worm's life cycle.

Science Museum of Minnesota Online Worm Project

First Graders at the Museum Magnet School explore the world of worms.

Includes questions and answers about Earthworms.

Songs and poetry about worms

Worm Words Glossary for Teachers

Let's Get Growing

An online catalog with hundreds of environmental science and nature education products including worm bins

Worm Man's Farm

Excellent source for all worm needs - great prices - no hidden costs

More Information for Fourth Grade about Redworms

Trash can with holes drilled Compost bins