Smithsonian Education presents a series of three lesson plans whose focus is plants and animals in their role as partners in pollination. Each lesson comes complete with clear learning objectives, materials list, subjects covered, detailed procedures, and downloadable accompanying activity sheets. A list of additional resources is also provided.

This article discusses the types of plants found in the Arctic and Antarctic as well as the adaptations that enable their survival in the polar regions' harsh conditions.

This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, explores the plants that live in the polar regions as well as resources for teaching plant classification, life cycles, and adaptations.

This article assembles free resources from the Polar Plants issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine into a unit outline based on the 5E learning cycle framework. Outlines are provided for Grades K-2 and 3-5.

This article features children's literature about plants and the plants found in the polar regions.

This article provides information about creating a plant or flower press and how this tool can enrich the elementary science curriculum.

This site provides a basic lesson plan from Reach Out! Michigan comparing plants to animals.

This video segment from NatureScene describes the characteristics of redwood trees at Redwood National Park. [4:02]

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn about the critical role of flowers in seed plant reproductive biology.

This lesson explains the role plants play in the conversion of inorganic materials into organic material to support living things. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "The Role of Plants in the Food Chain."

Students explore whether rooftop gardens are a viable option for combating the urban heat island effect. Can rooftop gardens reduce the temperature inside and outside houses? Teams each design and construct two model buildings using foam core board, one with a "green roof" and the other with a black tar paper roof. They measure and graph the ambient and inside building temperatures while under heat lamps and fans. Then students analyze the data and determine whether the rooftop gardens are beneficial to the inhabitants.

Learn about root systems of trees in the Congaree Swamp National Park in this video segment from NatureScene. [2:50]

The biggest misconception of the process of photosynthesis is presented along with other important aspects of this life-building process. [25:21]

All about plants has information on plant parts--seeds, flowers, fruits, roots, and spores--and plant processes--seed dispersal, germination, pollination, and photosynthesis. You can also take a tour of this Los Angeles-based conservatory, access a database of its plants, and add a plant to its digital garden.

Learn about springtime in the desert and the plants and animals that live there. Book includes audio narration in 20 additional languages with text in English.

Read about how the three sisters - beans, corn, and squash - act as companion plants to support each other’s growth. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.

Travel with your students on a virtual field trip to learn about saltwater marshes!

The Tree of Life is a multi-authored, Internet distributed project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity. The Tree of Life can be used to locate information about a particular group of organisms through their taxonomy.

This article assembles free resources from the Tundra: Life in the Polar Extremes issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine into a unit outline based on the 5E learning cycle framework. Outlines are provided for Grades K-2 and 3-5.