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Streaming Chloroplasts Flip Book

Streaming Chloroplasts Flip Book Purpose of activity: To see how chloroplasts circulate around inside a plant cell. Target age group: Ages 9-12 (but can be used with older or younger without any special adaptions) Time allowance: About 20 minutes, maybe a little more with students younger than 10. Materials needed: Patterns photocopied onto white card stock, scissors,...

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Botany Scavenger Hunt

Botany Scavenger Hunt Purpose of activity: A fun way to reinforce learning about all kinds of botany terms, such as opposite, alternate, whorled, pinnate, palmate, lobed, apical, axillary, petiole, stipules, fibrous root, composite flower, tuber, stolon, etc. Target age group: any Time needed: As little as an hour or as much as several weeks. In my...

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Tree Leaf Bingo

Tree Leaf Bingo Purpose of activity: Learning to identify common tree leaves NOTE: This game was created for use in the USA, primarily eastern USA, but there may be quite a few trees that are in other countries as well, such as the oak, maple, linden or poplar.) Description of activity: Bingo, yes, but...