Educational resources

The Butterfly garden and habitat area are filled with native plants and pollinators. The Westbury Garden Club has created a wonderful place! Leadership Houston Class XXVIII donated the June Holly Leadership Houston Learning Pavilion/ outdoor classroom to the garden. Their Education Team created this Educational Resource page in keeping with their project goals. There is something for everyone to be found in the links below. Teachers, parents, kids and adults will find exciting projects below. Just click on any of the links below!

Click on any of these links below from Kidsgardening.org

Classroom Projects
Thematic Explorations
Parents' Primer
Classroom Stories
Activities
Kidsgardening FAQs
Growonder
School Greenhouse
Guide
Exploring Hydroponics
Pollinator Curriculum
Harvest of History
Mountain Adventures
Online Teachers' Course

From the Teacher’s Guide – Plants (theteachersguide.com/plantsflowers.htm)

Plants Lesson Plans and Ideas

Root Systems
Identify root and leaf systems (as well as measure length and width.)

From Seeds to Plant
Students will be able to: 1. Identify plant parts, where seeds come from and how they grow. 2. Determine what plants need to survive
3. Recognize how plants are a benefit to people and our planet.

Plant Systems

Plants and Seeds
Different kinds of plants form different amounts of seeds. Some plants form only a few seeds while others form many seeds. The fruit is the part of a flowering plant that contains seeds.

Plants, Plants, Plants!
Students learn about the various parts of a plant by looking at a live plant, listening to a story, Jack's Garden , and researching on the computer.

Core Unit: Plant Structure and Function
This unit focuses on the functions of the leaves, stems, roots, and flowers of plants. In addition, the identification of plant species is emphasized.

Plants/Flowers experiments and activities: roots, stems, leaves, flowers, trees
Several different activities for Plants/Flowers.

The Garden with Insight garden simulator
The Garden with Insight garden simulator is an educational simulation that uses weather, soil, and plant growth models to simulate a simple garden in an open-ended micro-world setting. You can plant vegetables and grow them to learn more about plants, the soil, the weather, gardening, and science.

A Demonstration of Photosynthesis and Transpiration
Students will examine the effect that light and air has on green plants.

How Plants Grow
Investigates what living things need to grow.

Kinder Garden
An introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors.

Drawing My Own Flower Structure
Students will learn the parts of a flower and will learn about symmetrics, visual placements, and using guidelines.

Explore the Plant Kingdom
Experiments and activities for roots, stems, leaves, and flowers

Healthy Living

http://www.medicinenet.com/pdf/healthylivingtips.pdf

Recipes

www.foodtv.com

Conservation/Science

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classearthlsn.html

http://www.fws.gov/educators/sudents.html