Plants Mini-Unit Study + Free Resources
Originally posted on our homeschool blog, Benoit Academy.
Plants Mini-Unit Study + Free Resources
This past week, M6 & L8 have been studying the life-cycle of plants. This all came about when I found a Harcourt Science textbook in an old box of school books in my garage!
- Plants Lapbook from Homeschool Helper Online
- Flowering Plant Life Cycle Sequencing Cards from Enchanted Learning
- Photosynthesis Coloring Page from Education.com
We also read one of my personal favorite books as a kid, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.
Another thing we did was the colored water & flowers experiment. (No pic!?) We took 3 white flowers & put 1 each in a jar of water colored with food coloring (red, blue, & green). This shows how a plant carries water from the roots to the rest of the plant! Check on it the next day & notebook/journal about your findings. You can find free notebooking pages here.
I had done this experiment before with J12 when she was in 2nd grade with celery & red food coloring. It was so neat to see it with red stripes the next day!
Happy Planning!
Fun! My kids still remember when we did Exploring Creation with Botany and built a light hut to grow seedlings. It was THE BEST experiment.
That sounds like fun Shecki!
Wonderful hands-on activities! I love it!
Thank you Susan! Hands-on seems to be the best way to learn here 🙂
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