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Our current science unit is on plants. We will be exploring the components of plants, how plants grow, and the process of photosynthesis. Also, since fall is coming up, we will be discovering why fall leaves change color.

Here are two e-sheets that will help us learn more about plants:

[|Plant E-Sheet.doc] [|Autumn Leaves E-Sheet.doc]

Plant Growth Experiment

We will be working on a plant experimenting, monitoring the growth of a plant over the span of ten weeks. Here is the description of our plant growth activity, as well as a sample Microsoft Excel and graph that we will create after we watch our plants grow!

[|Plant Growth Spreadsheet Activity.doc] [|Plant Growth Spreadsheet.xls]

Plant Resources

Here is a list of informative websites you may explore during our plant unit.

[|Biology4Kids] [|neoK12 - Plants] [|National Geographic - Meat-Eating Plants] [|Science Kids - How Plants Grow] [|Student Encyclopedia - Plants] [|Kid Info - Plants] [|Plant and Flower Games]