Homework Sites - Plants

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1. Trees Are Terrific - Travels with Pierre
   Travel with Pierre the acorn as you learn why trees are important to us! Also available in Spanish.
2. Exploring the Secret Life of Trees
   Learn about the important parts of a tree and how it functions by listening to Pierre the acorn's demonstration. Also available in Spanish.
3. Dr. Arbor Talks Trees
   Visit Dr. Arbor's lab, get the tree basics, see a gallery of state trees, and more.
4. Great Plant Escape
   Learn more about plants and life cycles while solving a mystery. What fun!
5. Warriors of the Amazon
   Learn about shamans of the Amazon and the trees and plants they use for medicine.
6. What Tree Is It?
   Identify trees by their name, leaves, or fruit with this cool directory.
7. Real Trees 4 Kids
   Explains how evergreen trees are grown, harvested, and sold for Christmas. Have fun while learning all about these conifers!
8. Cocoa Tree
   Learn about this tree, its fruit, and beans and find out how the cocoa bean gets turned into chocolate. See video clips of a chocolate factory and more.
9. Secret Lives of Flowers
   Learn how plants reproduce and why they depend on insects, bats, and birds.
10. Kid's Valley Garden
    Cool info on planning, planting, and caring for your garden. You can find out about shrubs, flowers, herbs, and vegetables and check out a gardening glossary.
11. NATURE: The Seedy Side of Plants
    Explore the remarkable ways that plants have adapted to unique conditions of their environments in order to flourish. You can also learn about the controversy of genetic engineering and lots more on this PBS site.
12. Biology of Plants
    Play games, watch video clips, view animated diagrams, and sing songs to learn about plant parts, photosynthesis, pollination, seed dispersal, and plant adaptations.
13. The Garden
    Design your own virtual garden
14. "Leaf" it Alone: Plants to Keep Away From
    This Lanakids page teaches you how to avoid coming home with an itchy, yucky rash after playing outdoors.
15. Backyard Jungle
    Explore your own backyard and post your discoveries on this site or check out what other kids have found around their neighborhoods.
16. Wildflowers In Bloom
    Includes pictures and growing information for many types of flowers. Find out about seed germination, annuals, perennials, and biennials, weed control, and lots more.
17. Kids for Trees
    Get help learning about trees with these guides from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
18. Obsession With Orchids
    Find out how orchids fool humans, and learn about new techniques being used to increase their numbers. From PBS Nature.
19. Senior Study
    Info with photos are available for a wide variety of ornamentals, flowers, and indoor plants. From the Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department of Purdue University.
20. Natural Perspective
    A scientific exploration of the plant, animal, protist, and fungi kingdoms, with pictures.