Grade 3: Understanding Life Systems
Growth and Changes in Plants Science Kit.
Call Number: TBD
Covers the following:
Strand A: STEM Skills and Connections
Strand B: Growth and Changes in Plants
In this kit, students will investigate the characteristics of plants, including the basic needs of plants and their parts. Also included are several packages which expand on the local production of food items, how plants are grown, and how they are shipped to markets. Teachers are encouraged to bring to classes live samples of plants as specified in some activities, though pictures or models may serve as alternatives. This kit provides materials for seven activities.
Watch it Grow!Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas from AAAS ScienceNetLinks
This lesson teaches students about photosynthesis using the book "Ocean Sunlight" by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm. Find this book in the first floor Children's Collection, QH 515.B26 2012.
How Does a Seed Become a Plant? from The Edible Garden Project
This lesson plan has a two part lesson that includes the 4 E's. The lesson goes over how to introduce the topic of planting seeds and how to execute it. There is also a diagram for students to label, graphs to complete, journal templates and a card activity on the sequence of how a plant should grow.
The Tree of Life - Canoe Lesson from STAO
A series of activities done through an Indigenous lens. Through this information and the activities/lessons, it is hoped that you will build a sense of community, learn the importance of language, culture, and gain some teachings of the land all while building a relationship with Wiigwaas Aatik, Betula Paperifera, or White (paper) Birch.
Plant Growth and Changes from the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
This lesson addresses plant growth and has an inquiry focus.
"This video covers the life cycle of a plant and describes the different parts of a plant."
How Does a Seed Become a Plant?
"Jessi and Squeaks show you how a tiny seed - like the kind you eat in your trail mix! - grows into a big plant! They use the proper terminology to label the parts of the seed, explain the stages of a seed's growth and its needs."
TEDEd: The Amazing Ways Plants Defend Themselves
"Valentin Hammoudi explains some of the fascinating ways that plants defend themselves."
Because of an Acorn by 
A Dead Log by 
Fearless World Traveler: Adventures of Marianne North, Botanical Artist by
Scientist. Artist. Rule-breaker. The vibrant and daring life of Marianne North by the award-winning author of Super Women and Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World. In 1882, Marianne North showed the gray city of London paintings of jaw-dropping greenery like they'd never seen before. As a self-taught artist and scientist, Marianne North subverted Victorian gender roles and advanced the field of botanical illustration. Her technique of painting specimens in their natural environment was groundbreaking. The legendary Charles Darwin was among her many supporters. Laurie Lawlor deftly chronicles North's life, from her restrictive childhood to her wild world travels to the opening of the Marianne North Gallery at Kew Gardens to her death in 1890. The North gallery at Kew Gardens remains open to the public today. Becca Stadtlander's award-winning lush, verdant artwork pairs wonderfully with the natural themes. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year An NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students
Green City by 
The Life Cycle of a Tree by 
Living Sunlight by 
Ocean Sunlight by 
From Little Acorns... by 
Our Very Own Tree by