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Backgrounders
Plants have specific needs - light, air, water, nutrients, and space - to survive and reproduce.
Backgrounders
Learn about pollination and other forms of sexual reproduction in plants. And did you know that plants can also reproduce asexually?
Backgrounders
Learn about soil, soil texture and the various layers of soil.
Lessons
Students will explore the composition and characteristics of different local soils and learn about what makes soil healthy.
Teaching STEM
Observe and Record encourages students to use all of their senses to gather information about the world around them and to record their observations to support further learning.
Lessons
Students develop and apply the skills of observing, comparing & contrasting, and communicating as they explore life cycles of familiar plants.
Lessons
Students will work collaboratively to design and build a simple irrigation system that transports water to at least two plants from one source without leaking.
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students to become familiar with vocabulary before reading or viewing unfamiliar material.
STEM Explained
What is the nitrogen cycle? How do human activities such as using fertilizer affect the nitrogen cycle? How can this cause greenhouse gases?
STEM Explained
Earth is covered in rocks. So are Mercury, Venus, Mars and the Moon. Does that mean the rocky planets are all the same?
Backgrounders
Temperature is an important part of life on Earth and life in space. This backgrounder explains what temperature is, how it affects people and how it is controlled on the International Space Station.
Hands-on Activities
Explore how walking on soil changes how water soaks into the ground and why that matters to gardeners and farmers.