Grade 1 - Plants
Grow a Plant Interactive
Give the growing plant just enough water to grow. This site also has a label the plant section as well as a 10 question quiz - great for classroom/projector use.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml
PBS Learning
If you don't have a free subscription yet, sign up to access free videos and lessons on plants.
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=plants&order=&selected_facets=grades_exact%3A1
Sparky
Five simple activities for students to complete about plants. Great for a center or for the computer lab.
http://www.firstschoolyears.com/science/living/interactive/growing-plants.swf
See Dispersal
A great site to help explain how seeds are dispersed.
http://www2.bgfl.org/bgfl2/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/science/plants_pt2/dispersal.htm
Parts of a Flower PowerPoint
A Powerpoint to use to introduce Plants. Includes living and nonliving as well.
Everything on One Site!
This site has games, videos, lessons, projects, images, quizzes...you name it!
Using Pixie, have the students create a flower poem. I have the template for this flower so if you are interested just shoot me an email and I will send it to you to use.
Plant Tellagami with the iPads - click the video below to see what I mean. Students can make one easily with the ipad!
plant tellagami
The Magic School Bus Full Episodes S3 E10 Gets Planted
Watch it Grow
Pick 5 different seeds and watch them grow.
After they grow you can click on the top to select stems, leaves, roots... to see an interactive illustration.
http://archive.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/NewPlants/activities/watchitgrow.swf
Pixie
Go to New - Science- click on Living and Nonliving to have your students sort.
Pixie
Go to New - Science - Plants - Plant parts.
Have students label the 4 basic parts of a plant.
Plant Life Cycle
This site takes you first through an education cartoon about plants, followed by a game to reinforce what was learned.
http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-1-games/science-games/plant-life-cycle.html