Plants and more

Kid's Valley Garden - http://www.raw-connections.com/garden cool info on planning, planting, and caring for your garden. You can find out about shrubs, flowers, herbs, and vegetables and check out a gardening glossary. The Plant life Cycle http://www.arboretum.fullerton.edu/grow/primer/cycle.asp An excellent diagram and clear explanation of the life cycle of plants or http://www.sln.org.uk/science/lifecycle/	Plants - Learn About Plants http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/DictionaryA.html This is a comprehensive site full of excellent information on plants, geared to Grade 3 reading level. PLEASE scroll down the page to almost the bottom to get to the Learn about plants section. How to get there: FIRST click on the letter P for Plants, scroll down to the word Plants click and then scroll down the page to almost the bottom to get to the Learn about plants section. What do plants need in order to grow? http://www.arboretum.fullerton.edu/grow/primer/needs.asp Here find out what plants need to grow and survive
The Photosynthesis Process Step by Step http://www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/topic3.html BrainPOP: Photosynthesis -http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/photosynthesis/ Match a movie about this phenomenon and get cool facts.	Chlorophyll http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/ Learn all about this molecule that makes leaves green and about the discovery of photosynthesis! Pollen Park: http://www.concer-tina.co.uk/pollenpark/ A fascinating site about the plants reproductive life, the role of insects and Pollen
Plants for Kids http://www.kathimitchell.com/plants.html A large site for students on a variety of plant topics with links to other related sites on plants.	Great Plant Escape - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/ Welcome to the Great Plant Escape, an elementary program for 4th and 5th grade students. Each of the lessons in this program is interdisciplinary, designed to introduce students to plant science and increase their understanding of how foods grow.
Why do Plants have flowers? http://www.cnps.org/kidstuff/pollin.htm Find out the facts, information and why plants have flowers, in this user friendly site. All about Plants: http://www.mcwdn.org/Plants/PlantsMain.html Find all the facts and information!	BrainPOP: Pollination http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/pollination Find out how flowers reproduce by watching this cool animated movie. How do plants reproduce themselves? http://www.arboretum.fullerton.edu/grow/primer/repro.asp The basic information on this process.
Science Made Simple: Why Do Leaves Change Color? http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.html Learn why photosynthesis stops and how plants prepare for winter. Younger students can click on "I Can Read" for a simple story of how leaves change color. Projects include separating colors in a fall leaf using chromatography and observing how light affects color development.	Science Made Simple: Why Do Leaves Change Color? http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.html Learn why photosynthesis stops and how plants prepare for winter. Younger students can click on "I Can Read" for a simple story of how leaves change color. Projects include separating colors in a fall leaf using chromatography and observing how light affects color development.
Fall Color http://ncnatural.com/fall-color/ Learn how to identify trees, read an interview with botanists, and study the science behind leaf color changes. Find photography hints and read about autumn folklore.	The Chemistry of Autumn Colors http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/fallcolr/fallcolr.html Older students can study the molecules that are present in chlorophyll and carotene and learn how the action of light on these pigments affects the color of leaves.

Third Grade - Science

Plants