Lesson Ideas

http://www.saps.org.uk/primary/teaching-resources/200-designing-a-seed - This site references information about designing a seed from scrap material.

http://www.hyperstaffs.info/work/biology/Handford/artifact/seed_dispersal.pdf - This links to a worksheet that asks students to adapt a seed for dispersal in four different ways.

http://betterlesson.com/next_gen_science/browse/2092/ngss-2-ls2-2-develop-a-simple-model-that-mimics-the-function-of-an-animal-in-dispersing-seeds-or-pollinating-plants?from=core_child_container - 24 lessons covering Standard 2-LS2-2 Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.

http://betterlesson.com/lesson/621839/seeds-on-the-move-interactions-and-energy - 3 lessons Objective: SWBAT explain and diagram how animals help with seed dispersal and how a disruption in this symbiotic relationship could impact plants and/or animals.

http://ngss.nsta.org/DisplayStandard.aspx?view=topic&id=8 - NGSS@NSTA Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

https://www.calacademy.org/educators - California Academy of Sciences search for seed dispersal.

http://buggyandbuddy.com/gardening-kids-planting-seeds-free-printable/ Buggy and Buddy Gardening with Kids: Planting Seeds

ningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.stru.sockseeds/sock-seeds/- Lesson on seed dispersal

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/seed-dispersal/ - seed dispersal on Pintrest

Experience

Sock Seeds Experiment

Seed Racer Game

Websites

http://betterlesson.com/

http://mysterscience.com

http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/

http://www.nextgenscience.org/ - Next Gen Science Standards

Pictures and Images

http://wheelerstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MissMaple_Colorsheet_dispersal_150.jpg - Miss Maple's Seeds a picture book

Videos

Books

Who Will Plant a Tree?

by Jerry Pallotta (Author), Tom Leonard (Illustrator)

Flip, Float, Fly!: Seeds on the Move

by JoAnn Early Macken (Author), Pam Paparone (Illustrator)

Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds

by JeanRichards (Author)

How and Why Seeds Travel (How and Why Series)

by Elaine Pascoe (Author), Joel Kupperstein (Editor), Dwight Kuhn (Photographer)

Pick, Pull, Snap!: Where Once a Flower Bloomed

Teacher Resource Books

Beyond the Bean Seed: Gardening Activities for Grades K6

by Rosanne Blass (Author), Nancy A. Jurenka (Author)

From Old Sprouts to New Buds. Part 1. Gardening in the Cabbage Patch with Children

by Patricia Babcock (Author), Denise Bates (Photographer)