3rd Grade Plants and Botany Activities

Try a printable science activity that focuses on modes of seed travel.

Go, Seeds, Go!

Subjects:

Science

Plants and Botany

Seeds and Pollination

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Grow herbs indoors all year by creating a mini-greenhouse.

Herbs in the Classroom

Subjects

Science

Plants and Botany

Earth Science

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

By making their own miniature garden, students can observe first hand how plants grow.

Subjects:

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on careers related to plants. Use this activity as a supplement to your…

Careers: Who Am I?

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

Plants and Botany

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Students learn about the role of honeybees as pollinators by reading and illustrating a story.

Plant Pollination

Subjects:

Plants and Botany

Biology

Science

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Students press flowers and plants with heavy books to make lovely decorations. Then, they use the pressed flowers to…

Flower and Leaf Press

Subjects

Science

Plants and Botany

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Children discover how seeds hitch a ride with the wind, in the water, or on an animal to become planted and grow.

Traveling Seeds

Subjects

Science

Plants and Botany

Seeds and Pollination

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Traveling Seeds Worksheet

A worksheet that goes with the "Traveling Seeds" lesson.

Subjects:

Science

Plants and Botany

Seeds and Pollination

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Students can make their own mini-environments with plastic soda bottles, seeds, and small plants.

Soda Bottle Terrarium

Subjects:

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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Students discover how flowers get a little help from birds and insects to transfer pollen between them to form seeds and…

Flower Pollination

Subjects

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on identifying the byproducts of plants.

A Slice of Spice

Subjects:

Library Resources

Reading and Literature

Plants and Botany

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Plants & Trees Printable Book (Grades K-4)

Browse a printable teacher resource book that covers plants in a fun and skill-oriented way. Activities include word…

Subjects:

Science

Plants and Botany

Earth Science

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Flower Power Science Activity

In this science activity, students dissect a flower to learn about how plants grow from seeds.

Subjects:

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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The Mountain That Loved a Bird

Activities and resources to teach The Mountain That Loved a Bird, written by Alice McLerran and illustrated by Eric…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Birds

Plants and Botany

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on modes of seed travel.

Fly, Little Dandelion

Subjects:

Seeds and Pollination

Science Activities and Experiments

Creative Writing

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Use this scoring guide in conjunction with the Traveling Seeds lesson.

Traveling Seeds Rubric

Subjects:

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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Investigate Activity: Investigating Light and Plant Growth

Students test how light affects plant growth. Materials list, advance preparation instructions, lab hints and tips,…

Subjects:

Plants and Botany

Biology

Science

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Students grow their own alfalfa sprouts and then eat them in a sandwich.

An Edible Experiment

Subjects:

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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Try a printable science activity that focuses on what helps plants to grow.

What a Science Project!

Subjects:

Science

Biology

Plants and Botany

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Demonstrate how plants receive water from their roots with this colorful activity.

Coloring Plants

Subjects:

Plants and Botany

Biology

Science

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Students watch the changes of the seasons from winter to spring with a seasonal terrarium.

A Seasonal Terrarium

Subjects

Science

Plants and Botany

Seasons

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