Science Websites for Kids Plants & Plant Biology Websites for Kids

Plants & Plant Biology Websites for Kids

These 20+ websites are designed to help kids and teens learn about plants, their parts and functions, gardening, and the role of plants and vegetation in Earth's life cycle.

 
 
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A Tree for Every Child

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Author/Host of Website

American Forests
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
From site: Plant more than ideas in your classroom and for Earth Day. The "A Tree for Every Child" project is a hands-on and flexible environmental education program that...
 
 
Autumn Leaves Movie

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Author/Host of Website

KidsKnowIt Network
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
Learn about how plants work. This movie explains how autumn leaves get their color, clorophyll, carotenoids, anthocyanins, chlorophyll production and decline, tree types and their varying colors, and leaf...
 
 
Biology of Plants

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Author/Host of Website

Missouri Botanical Garden
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
From site:  Plants are alive, just like people and animals. How do we know this? Living things all do certain things: They grow and...
 
 
Desert Plants & Wildflowers

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Author/Host of Website

DesertUSA.com/Digital West Media, Inc.
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
From site: How Do Plants Survive the Desert? -- Desert plants have adapted to the extremes of heat and aridity by using both physical and behavioral mechanisms, much...
 
 
Earth & Sky Channel: Plants

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Author/Host of Website

EarthSky Communications, Inc.
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
Download podcasts on topics related to plant genetics, farming, and plants and the environment. There is also an "Ask the Scientist" section with brief answers to questions commonly asked...
 
 
KidsGardening

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Author/Host of Website

National Gardening Association
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
KidsGardening is packed with gardening and plant activities for school and home gardens. Learn gardening vocabulary and techniques, plant biology and indoor gardening, even how to build accessible...
 
 
Micro-Organisms: Fungi and Algae

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Author/Host of Website

Children's University of Manchester
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
This Micro-Organisms interactive helps kids learn about fungi - their structure, life cycle, spore distribution and types - as well as algae. 
 
 
My First Garden

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Author/Host of Website

University of Illinois Extension
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
From site:  Learn how to plan, nurture and enjoy the benefits of a beautiful flower or vegetable garden.
 
 
Photosynthesis Videos

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Author/Host of Website

NeoK12
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
All Ages (K-12)
NeoK12 offers a set of YouTube videos explaining and illustrating plant photosynthesis, respiration, light reactions, oxgen and glucose production. All videos and lessons on this site have...
 
 
Photosynthesis: How Life Keeps Going

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Author/Host of Website

David E. Watson/FT Exploring
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Middle and High (6-12)
From site: ...and going...and going...Take a little sunshine. Take some carbon dioxide molecules out of the air. Take some hydrogen atoms out of water. Shuffle them around inside...
 
 
Plant Parts Structure and Function

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Author/Host of Website

Ohio State University
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
High (9-12)
This site provides a detailed description of plant parts and functions, with accompanying illustrations. Detailed are provided for: roots, stems, nodes and internodes, stems, leaves, buds, flowers and fruit....
 
 
Plants and Photosynthesis

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Author/Host of Website

eLearning for Kids
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
This interactive course teaches kids about the different parts of a plant and how they work. It also teaches kids about photosynthesis and why it is important for...
 
 
Sci4Kids

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Author/Host of Website

USDA Agricultural Research Service
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary and Middle (K-8)
From site: Our home page says it all in pictures: in your world, science is everywhere you look. Click on the bee...
 
 
Science Up Close: Photosynthesis

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Author/Host of Website

Harcourt School Publishers
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
This interactive site illustrates the basic process of photosynthesis and how it produces food for a plant.
 
 
Science Up Close: Seeds

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Author/Host of Website

Harcourt School Publishers
Type of Educational Content

Website
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level
Elementary (K-5)
This interactive illustrates how flowers become fruits and vegetables, produce seeds, germinate and resume the cycle.
 
 
 
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