This project motivates students to learn about organic gardening by developing their own research questions, conducting research, and gardening at their school. Students will plants seeds in a class garden, observe and write about the plant's growth, document their research and observations on a sign to place by their growing plant, and present their findings to the class.

In this activity, students measure the pH of soil collected from a paddock (or other area). Then they will use a formula to estimate the amount of agricultural lime needed to promote good grass growth.

Students will correlate graphs of vegetation vigor with those of temperature and precipitation data for four diverse ecosystems to determine which climatic factor is limiting growth.

Students create a working model of a lunar biosphere that is a balanced, self-enclosed living system able to run efficiently over a long period of time.

In this STEM unit, students participate in an activity to grow plants in an environment very similar to the moon, which is designed in a unique partnership between NASA scientists and engineers and education professionals. The lesson incorporates leading-edge insight and practical experiences for students on how NASA works with plants. Students will describe the need for life science research on the International Space Station and the moon. They will also identify various plant species that are suitable for lunar plant growth and their requirements. In the culminating activities, students design and construct a working prototype of a plant growth chamber.

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This simulated experiment allows students to investigate how temperature affects how an animal grows, with application for global climate change. There are three different experiment options, Quick Virtual Lab, Full Virtual Lab, DIY Lab. Each lab allows students to choose which data to see. The Quick Lab limits the number of manduca caterpillars that can be selected. The Full Lab gives students access to all the caterpillar subjects. The DIY Lab also includes all the caterpillars that were raised in a do-it-yourself (DIY) incubator. A Teacher's Resource Packet, containing full instructions for each experiment, student handouts, a sample lesson plan, and background information to help get you started, is also included.

Students will collect data on the quantity of sunlight penetrating different locations within the cloud forest and relate this data to the percentage of green plant growth observed. Students will also have an opportunity to study a light gap within the forest, comparing the information they previously gathered with this important site.

In this short video, students learn how fire plays an important role in the survival of the plants (such as venus flytraps and longleaf pines) in the habitat of Carolina Beach State Park.

In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about the Venus Fly Trap and how it adapts to its environment to survive.

In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about Longleaf Pine Ecosystems by exploring Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve in North Carolina.

Students will be shown examplesof plant species from the tropical montane cloud forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica. They will then create original hypotheses regarding the habitat of the plant and adaptations the species have evolved in response to water availability.

In this series of inquiry-based activities, students investigate photosynthesis and optimal conditions for growth.

Provides a video and a link to an article that discusses plant and animal adaptations of the Amazon.

Discover 66 plants from around the globe, and their biomes, with Plant Hunter - a dynamic interactive tool supported by the Verizon Foundation. Students are able to take a virtual walk through the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at The New York Botanical Garden, exploring plants through photographs, videos and interactive games.

In this lesson, students learn that biotic and abiotic things interact in an ecosystem by investigating selected plot study sites.

Students learn how the plants in the rain forest are specially adapted to life in the rain forest. In an associated activity, students work in small groups to investigate how buttressed roots work.

Students learn about the three ocean light zones, make predictions about deep-sea resources, and read about those resources and their value to science and businesses.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade Science. 

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade Science. 

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team and is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade Science.