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Fun Homeschool Unit Study Egg to Sea Turtle Lesson Plans & Lapbook

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I have some sea turtle lesson plans and sea turtle lapbook today. Grab more ideas on my lapbook ideas page. Also grab more ideas on my best homeschool unit studies page.

We made a detour on finishing up high school for a quick nature read about sea turtles.

From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit Study & Lapbook

I chose Our Sea Turtles as a spine and we weren’t disappointed.

Today, in sharing from egg to sea turtle nature unit study and lapbook, I’ve rounded up some awesome links and ideas for you.

Also, I created a fun lapbook for about upper elementary to middle school for your kids.

From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit Study & Lapbook

Of course, you can decide what ages to use the lapbook for because I never make my lapbooks baby-ish.

Using cursive font and avoiding baby-ish or goofy looking clip art the best I can, I create my lapbooks for all ages.

From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit Study & Lapbook

Sea Turtle Unit Study & Lapbook

First, let me show you how much we loved the book Our Sea Turtles.

It is a 282 page reference book with beautiful color pictures on each page.

It has several sections, including:

From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit Study & Lapbook
  • The Species, Sea Turtle Form and Function,
  • Life Cycle and History, Ecology,
  • Our Sea Turtles on Land,
  • Sea Turtles in Water and
  • Saving our Sea Turtles.
From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit Study & Lapbook

One thing we learned right away that we did not know was that not all turtles in salty waters are sea turtles.

They are truly marine animals and one of the things that makes them different is their shell.

Moreover, sea turtles don’t really have the ability to pull in their head and limbs inside although they can still withdraw their neck.

Although we know that sea turtles are mostly herbivores, we did learn that they won’t pass up some easily captured prey.

From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit

Additioally, we learned about some of the predators of the sea turtle.

The Northern raccoon, ghost crab, fire ants, laughing sea gull, bobcat, fish crow, dolphinfish, crevalle jack, tiger shark and bull shark are a few of the sea turtle predators.

From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit Study & Lapbook

What was really interesting was learning what was inside an egg. Sea turtles have an amniotic egg.

The features of a sea turtle egg include a papery eggshell that protects but is porous (to air and water vapor), and an allantois (fetal membrane) which facilitates respiration and helps with waste.

The yolk sac supplies nutrients for the embryo and it shrinks as the turtle grows.

What we didn’t know was that the amniotic sac is like the equivalent to the placenta in mammals.

Sea Turtle Lesson Plans, Guides, and Background Information.

Along with reading the book  Our Sea Turtles I really loved a lot of these resources. Too, look at some sea turtle lesson plans.

  • Journey of Survival educators guide I found super helpful and used a lot of the information from here to do the lapbook. You can read it online.
  • 22 page pdf educator’s guide has a great roundup of vocabulary words.
  • Grab this fun coloring page with crossword puzzle activity.
  • You love this Sea Turtle Inc. site for great hands-on ideas like make a sea turtle habitat, make a magnet sea turtle for older kids (cool), and a template to create your own hatchling for younger kids. So cute.

Then here is a free discussing and activity guide to use with the book Sea Turtle Science which is also good to add to your sea turtle lesson plans.

Sea Turtle EASY Hands-on Ideas and Activities

Easy Hands-on Math Build a Geometric Turtle @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
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In addition, look at some of these books.

10 Sea Turtle Resources

Add some books about sea turtles and hands-on resources to your lesson or unit study to bring it to life.

Sea Turtles

Sea turtles are fascinating. Hatched from eggs smaller than a baseball, some can grow to weigh over a thousand pounds. Once adults, they can live to be around 100 years old. And when it's time to nest, they migrate more than 1,000 miles. With colorful, clear illustrations and straightforward text, Gail Gibbons introduces the eight kinds of sea turtles living in the ocean today. Learn the similarities and differences with labeled diagrams and experience the hatching of the tiny turtle babies with detailed illustrations. This updated edition now includes the most up-to-date information about these beloved reptiles, as reviewed by an expert vetter in the field of herpetology.

I'll Follow the Moon

Celebrating the love between mother and child comes an achingly beautiful story that has captured hearts around the world. Written by a new mom, by accident, when she sang a little song to her fussing newborn, I'll Follow the Moon proudly donates proceeds to charity: every book saves a turtle.

Ocean Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of the World under the Sea

Follow Rothman’s inquisitive mind and perceptive eye along shorelines, across the open ocean, and below the waves for an artistic exploration of the watery universe. Through her drawings, discover how the world’s oceans formed, why the sea is salty, and the forces behind oceanic phenomena such as rogue waves. Colorful anatomical profiles of sea creatures from crustacean to cetacean, surveys of seafaring vessels and lighthouses, and the impact of plastic and warming water temperatures are just part of this compendium of curiosities that will entertain and educate readers of all ages. 

National Geographic Readers: Sea Turtles

Who could resist celebrating sea turtles? They may seem like lazy ocean reptiles drifting with the oceans’ currents, but they are actually long-distance swimmers that spend their entire lives searching for food and a mate. What’s more, they come with their own built-in GPS, returning to the exact beach where they were born to lay their own eggs. Kids will learn all about these tranquil and mysterious animals through brilliant photography and illustrations, plus the trusted and distinctive content you love from NG Kids!

Tammy Turtle: A Tale of Saving Sea Turtles

A book that tells how turtles survive with the help of protection programs.

Our Sea Turtles: A Practical Guide for the Atlantic and Gulf, from Canada to Mexico

The book's pithy, well-organized sections are lavishly illustrated. It is a guide for anyone who is the least bit curious about these fascinating marine animals. Bite-sized installments harmonize with multiple images on each page to make this book a unique and entertaining resource. The story it tells covers understanding, experiencing, and saving our sea turtles, with descriptions of how these endangered animals contribute to our happiness and why they deserve a helping hand.

Sea Turtle Scientist (Scientists in the Field)

The mother turtle has a vital job to do: dig a nest in which she will lay eggs that will hatch into part of the next generation of leatherbacks. With only one in a thousand of the eggs for this critically endangered species resulting in an adult sea turtle, the odds are stacked against her and her offspring. 

4 PCS Sea Turtle Life Cycle

Children can see how animals change and grow. Realistic detail showing a different stage in the development of animals.

Uniquely molded textures and richly painted details bring them to life and help inspire creativity for kids.

It is a great way to expand the growth with children through physical science.

Follow the Moon Home

A triumphant story of environmental activism, community, and friendship: Acclaimed activist Philippe Cousteau and renowned author Deborah Hopkinson team up to offer a story of the powerful difference young people can make in the world. Meet Viv, who has a new home and a new school by the sea and follow her as she finds her way in a new place and helps bring together a whole community to save the sea turtles of the South Carolina coast.

The Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle

Describes the life cycle of sea turtles discussing reproduction, birth, and adult life.

Sea Turtle Media

Fun Homeschool Unit Study Egg to Sea Turtle Lesson Plans & Lapbook

Then also, our unit study reminded us of the co-op we had where my sister brought a turtle shell Native American craft made by one of her Native American friends.

From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit Study & Lapbook

I love when we have a tie in to what we learned before in one of our co-ops.

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From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit Study & Lapbook

Then of course a family visit to the ocean is a great field trip.

The Galveston coast near us had these new and beautiful benches that are part art and part bench.

From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit Study & Lapbook

Local schools got to decorate them with facts about the marine life that live in the ocean.

It not only makes for a beautiful enhancement to seawall, but a fun way to learn facts.

From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit Study & Lapbook

I think doing a mosaic like this would make a great art project too.

Next, here is my lapbook.

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The minibooks include:

What Makes a Turtle a Sea Turtle?
7 Species of Sea Turtles layered book.
What Are the Sea Turtle Parts?
The Anatomy of a Sea Turtle.
Sea Turtle Tagalongs trifold book.
From Egg to Sea Turtle Life Cycle Circle book.
The Struggle to Survive.
Predators petal book.

If you’re looking to do any spring nature studies, you’ll want to get a few of the NaturExplorers. I love those studies for multiple ages.

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Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid Barbie Mummy

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Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid is another fun book in the series of Geronimo Stilton books. It is the second book in the series.

Elementary students will love taking their favorite Geronimo Stilton book and turning it into a mini unit study with a few hands-on activities.

The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid is another adventure for Geronimo Stilton. He is off to Egypt to the Great Cheese Pyramid.

Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid Barbie Mummy

So, this hands-on activity I am sharing with you today, mummifying a Barbie gives kids a little bit more understanding of the mummification process.

And you can easily tie in science and history perfectly with the fun book The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid. Matter of fact most of the books highlight some kind of geography or history.

Even if your kids are older like middle or high school the same activity can be altered to make it a bit more challenging so that the whole family can join in.

Books Of Geronimo Stilton

If you don’t know about Geronimo Stilton books let me give you a quick little overview. The fun series is aimed at early readers or ages 7 to 10 years old

And they follow the many and varied adventures of Geronimo Stilton editor and publisher at The Rodent’s Gazette.

Too, they read similar to a graphic novel.

For instance, the words are highlighted in different fonts, sizes, and colors. The series make it an engaging read for kids.

They are silly and outlandish which makes it especially great for reluctant readers.

Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid Barbie Mummy

Another point about the different fonts and colors of words are that some are for emphasis.

However, quite a few make great lessons for vocabulary, spelling words, and introduction to the eight parts of speech.

So be sure to make note of the words for several chapters.

And have your child look up the words and make flashcards to round out this mini lesson.

Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid Barbie Mummy

You certainly can use this fun book as a spine for language arts. Too, you can use this spine as independent reading or for a read aloud.

Ancient Egypt Mummifying a Barbie Craft

However, one of the best parts of each book is that you can add hands-on activity as Stilton is always on a globe-trotting adventure.

Today, since Stilton is off to Egypt, we learned about mummies in Ancient Egypt

Look at this short list of supplies to make a Barbie mummy.

  • A Barbie or similar doll (we grabbed a cheap one from Dollar Tree)
  • Gauze
  • Cooking oil
  • Salt (we used Epsom since we had that)
  • large dish big enough for the body to lay in
  • Essential oils
  • Scissors and construction paper

First, we made a death mask from construction paper and laid it aside.

Your kids can get elaborate with this part or keep it simple.

Then we made simple canopic jars by drawing them on paper.

Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid Barbie Mummy

After drawing the jars, we cut them out and taped them into a tube shape. 

Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid Barbie Mummy

A quick google search will show you what each of the four gods, Hapy, Imsety, Duamutef and Qebhsenef looked like and which housed which organs.

We also used our TOOB Organs to examine the organs closely,

Then, we laid them out and talked about each function as the kids pretended to extract the organ and place it in the canopic jars.

Barbie Mummy

Next, this portion of the activity can be done or finished while you read aloud.

Have your child finish the death mask. And let your child draw them with whatever art medium they choose. We used markers.

First, the brain was pulled out through the nose, but considered unimportant in ancient Egyptian times, it was just tossed out. 

Then, the stomach, intestines, lungs, and liver were extracted and placed in the correct jar.

The heart stayed in place in the body. Use tweezers for this part and let them pretend they are extracting each part.

Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid Barbie Mummy

Next, Egyptians would cover the body in salt to remove all moisture, this would take weeks but for the sake of time we waited just a few minutes.

We used Epsom salt as we had a ton on hand already.

And then we placed our prepared body in a large tupperware container and covered it in salt as well as we could.

Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid Barbie Mummy

Finally, the body would be anointed with oils and wrapped,.

If you have some on hand add essential oils to a little bit of cooking oil to add to the sensory experience, pour over the entire body. 

We tightly wrapped our Barbie head to toe and then affixed her death mask with a bit of tape.

Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid Barbie Mummy

Obviously, you know your child best and can include the parts that you would choose and gloss over those that might be too much for a younger child.

For example, for older children you can add ideas like labeling the organs, give them spelling and vocabulary words like sarcophagus, hieroglyphic, and etc.

Too, you can extend the lesson by having them give a presentation in front of the whole family on the mummification process.

Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid covers everything from mummies to pyramids as well as mentions of camels, pharaohs, and the eye of RA, giving you a large base for a unit study.

I can’t wait to dig in a little deeper and share more hands on activities with you! What do you think? Are you going to add this to your list of hands-on activities?

Geronimo Stilton The Curse of The Cheese Pyramid Barbie Mummy

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Fall Homeschool Learning Resources For Middle School

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These fun fall homeschool learning resources for middle school make for a fun free fall unit. Too, you’ll love my free fall season Fall Unit 1 {Pumpkins, Leaves, Corn, & More} unit study. Also, look at my page homeschool middle school for more fun tips.

Today I will be sharing fall homeschool learning resources for middle school students. 

And of course, I have some fun fall activities for their younger siblings too.

Adding to my growing list each year of things that I love, and free is one of them, I have listed some resources that keep learning fun for our middle school students.

In my experience, middle school kids have a great sense of humor and still want to do out of the box activities when the temperatures fall and the leaves stir.

For us the fall season is not only about studying some things that bring the scent of fall to our day, it is about adding an out of the box twist to our subjects too. 

Last fall season, I shared a few of my resources for embracing the cooler weather.

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So be sure you grab the Artist in Fall with pocket memorization cards. 

Just cut, fold in half, store in the pocket for memorization of autumn landscapes.  Autumn-Art.pdf

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Too, I have rounded up some really useful and free teacher resource kits for learning about Vivaldi and The Four Seasons (Grade 4 – 8) and Let’s Go Mozart (Grade 4-8). 

Look what else is free on the page –  Complete Composers’ Life and Times: Guide to Beethoven, Guide to Gershwin, Guide to Handel, Guide to Haydn, Guide to Ravel, Guide to Stravinsky and Guide to Tchaikovsky.

Free Fall Lesson Plans

I love  free and especially when the guides are packed full of tidbits and great ideas.

Timeline composers

Each guide is color and has great background information on each composer and has a nifty helpful timeline like the one above I snipped from the guide.

Be sure you check out the whole page. Focus on all of the music and composers or just on the ones that bring in the crisp fall season.

Next, the subject about pollution and acid rain can be a controversial subject, but certainly one that middle school students can appreciate. 

Whatever the culprit is of the death of the trees, it can be a good time to introduce the devastating effects of acid rain to the trees.

Here is another great free resource for teaching our middle school kids about acid rain along with tons of hands-on experiments like learning about how to measure ph and soil buffering. 

Acid Rain A Teacher's Guide for Grades 6 - 8
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A lot of the activities can be done easily at home because they use supplies most of us have around the house or have added to our science list as our kids have grown older.

Here is the guide: Learning About Acid Rain Teachers Guide. Grades 6–8, and here is the description of it from the site. “This guide is designed to help students better understand the science, cause and effect, and regulatory and citizen action that are part of understanding and addressing acid rain.”

This next resource, Project Wild, is about bringing the classroom outdoors and fall is the perfect time to do that.

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Free Fall Unit

Check out the free educators guide Project WILD K-12, which has free printables like learning about tracks.

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Have to love free prepared curriculum.

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This next site is The Journey of Wayne Drop to the Everglades (Elementary/Middle School Level).

From the site: “Find lesson plans and resources for teachers at all levels to help you teach about the Science Behind the Restoration” including information on the endangered Florida panther, Florida black bear, white-tailed deer and Wild Turkey”.

It is a study about the everglades and the endangered animals like the panther, black bear and wild turkey. 

In addition to the prepared lessons, there are fun printables and great background information on the Florida everglades.

Learning about the Florida Everglades

Florida Habitat Mobile

Check out the free printables for the younger kids and the mobile idea when you are over there. 

This is a fun way to to include the younger kids too in your study. (Note: I’m still working on finding the broken link to this mobile. it’s just too cute.)

And yes, middle school kids love crafts too. 

Don’t give up crafts for them because you think they don’t have time for them now as you are trying to get them to write those longer composition papers. 

A little bit of fall in their day will push them a bit to do some of the other everyday things they have to learn.

Crafts for Middle School Kids

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Check out this easy, yummy baked apple.  Mix, measure and eat.  

Then look at this cool create a cameo portrait lamp shade.

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Teach about secondary colors doing monochromatic painting for the budding painter in them and then your middle school kids can get their geek on by assembling an ethernet cable. 

How cool is that?  I know I joke about it a lot, but I have a slight geeky side and this is a way cool project for adding a twist to the day.

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Then here are a few of my other printables for some easy fun writing. 

Look at my unit Apple Lapbook and Apple Unit Study.

Free Apple Lapbook @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

 And then because there are TONS of resources for the younger kids, but not an apple lapbook for the middle school kids, I created one last year for them.

Fall Homeschool Learning Resources For Middle School

Go here to Fall Unit Study {Pumpkins, Leaves, Corn, & More}.

 Free Fall-Pumpkin-Lapbook @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
And I didn’t forget the younger sweeties. 

Rounding up these fun resources early, your crew will have a fun head start on the changing weather.

10 Best Science Movies for Middle School

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Today, I’ve rounded up some of the best science movies for middle school. Also, look at my page homeschool middle school for more fun tips.

Whether it’s science fiction or life science, or any other branch, learning through movies nurtures a love of science.

10 Best Science Movies for Middle School

For example, while viewing science fiction movies, students can think about the future or make a prediction about it.

Best Science Movies for Middle School

However, science movies can help your middle school students in more than one way.

  • Movies can introduce topics which may spark an interest prior to high school.
  • Whether you use movies occasionally or more often, your students perception of science events can be changed.
  • In addition, students love a diversion from a routine which may now be boring.
  • And lastly a movie can refresh your student’s mind while sneaking in fun science.

Look at these fun science movies for middle school.

1.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

First, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is also a movie and a book. This could be a complete unit study for both your middle and high school teens. This movie is on Netflix.

Here is what it is about. Against all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine

Too, this self-paced language arts class based on the book is a great way to get credit for a language arts course. Remember you can get credit in middle school too. In addition, add topics about deforestation and biology to this study.

Look at my Rain Forest – Amazon Unit Study and Lapbook and Carnivorous Plants Unit Study and Lapbook.

Next, another fun movie series is Planet Earth.

2.
Planet Earth

We could literally watch each one several times over. The series is on Amazon Prime if you have it. It’s so worth it. And to hear David Attenborough narrate is well worth the watch.

Below, I have a round up of my unit studies here which will go with the different movies.

The third one is a science fiction move – The Time Machine. It also is on Amazon.

3.
The Time Machine

If you want to have your student learn about time travel or ponder what your viewpoint is on the age of the earth this is a fun movie to use.

You’ll love my lapbook Free Earth Science Lapbook to go along with the movie.

More Homeschooling in Middle School Resources

Next, one of our all-time favorites is Star Trek.

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Star Trek

Whether you want to teach about black holes or space, Star Trek is a great movie to ponder those topics.

Science Movies for Middle School

Another fun one we love is Spiderman 2.

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Spiderman 2

And learning about a nuclear fusion reaction is a fun topic to consider for a middle school student. Investigating ways to have limitless energy and about the sun make for great writing topics too.

Then Robot and Frank is the next one.

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Robot and Frank

Moreover, Robot and Frank make for great discussion and topics about the future will change. What will be considered relics and who will use artificial intelligence are great ideas for your student to consider.

7.
Charlotte’s Web

Additionally, Charlotte’s Web is the next one.

The version on Amazon prime is good to begin a biology topic. Beyond the topic of friendship, pigs and spiders can make for unit studies.

8.
Galileo : On the Shoulders of Giants

In addition, learning about famous scientist makes for a great series. Although the movie is fiction, it nurtures your future scientist’s love for learning about astronomy.

9.
Gorillas in the Mist

Whether you have a budding veterinarian, want to learn about Dian Fossey or about Africa, Gorillas in the Mist is a fun way to learn about science.

10 Best Science Movies for Middle School

10.
Swiss Family Robinson

Lastly, Swiss Family Robinson has to be the original survival study movie. Add these hands-on ideas here to make your science day fun.

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Free Wildflowers Unit Study & Lapbook

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Sharing this wildflowers unit study and lapbook along with some hands-on ideas, I hope they’ll help your kids get excited about a fun wildflowers unit study. Also, you’ll love my other Best Homeschool Unit Studies.

When the Texas wildflowers blanket the fields here we’ve never been able to stay indoors. We’re always thinking of ways to get outside.

Free Wildflowers Unit Study & Lapbook

Here are a few fun facts about wildflowers.

  • Wildflowers by definition are soft-stemmed flowering plants that bloom once each year.
  • Some regenerate from the same rootstock (perennials), while others grow from seeds.
  • The flowering stem typically grows upright, but may be climbing, creeping, or trailing.

Next, wildflowers can be identified by color, but also by the shape of the flower head:

  • Bell shape
  • Cross shape
  • Trumpet shape
  • Ray flower
  • Two-lipped shape
  • Iris
  • Pea-shaped

More Hands-on Wildflowers Activities

Wildflowers Unit Study & Lapbook

In addition, I’ve rounded up some resources to make this wildflower unit study come to life.

Wildflowers Lesson Plan & Ideas

Petal Attraction. Why different pollinators are attracted to different types of flowers
Wildflowers in Bloom has images of many of the most showy wildflowers.
Use these poem ideas about botany for some memory work or copywork.
Great interactive site about the biology of plants.
Seed dispersal. pdf.


Oh wow, check out this list of state flowers.
Flowers seeking pollinators. Geared for 2nd to 7th grade.
Texas Wildflower bingo and lesson plan.
Pollinator Activity Book.
Bee Guides. Helpful.

Flower dissection instructions.

Free Wildflowers Unit Study & Lapbook

Texas wildflowers guide.
Plant life cycle worksheets.
Another list of state flowers.
Studying seeds printable book

Wildflowers Media & Interactive.

Video about Flower Pollination.
How Plants Grow Game.
Photosynthesis video and karaoke.
Parts of the Plant.

Funny young teen making edible candy flower.
Pick the Pollinator.
Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant.

EASY Crafts, Hands-on Ideas, and Activities About Wildflowers Unit Study


Do not miss these fabulous and free coloring books full of wildflowers. These also make great covers for the outside of your lapbook.

The coloring books are California Plants to Color, Coloring Book of the Western Great Lakes Region, Plants to Color from the Aspen Forest, Wildflowers of the Colorado Mountain Tops, Wildflowers of Ponderosa Pine Forests, Celebrate Wildflowers of Southwest Idaho and Wildflowers of the Western U.S.

Look at this Nature Study: Daffodils – Dissection, Poetry & Drawings.

Free Wildflowers Unit Study & Lapbook

Oh goodness, what is there to not love about the ideas on this flower and garden site?

Tissue paper flowers, make flowers out of household items like straws, make paper flower baskets, create stinkin’ cute hand print flowers, spinning paper plate flower, make cupcake wrapper flowers, egg carton flowers, crepe flowers and make a booklet that opens up into a daisy.


Make leafy animal crafts.
Something for the littles, cut and paste shapes to make flowers.
Use a plastic bottle to make a flower. Great for a tween or teen.
Springtime STEAM: Wildflower papermaking.
Creative flower arrangements. Great for a tween or teen.
How to Press Flowers. Top 10 Tips.

Z Is For Zinnias| Planting Wild Flowers.
Botanical Illustration step by step – Painting a Sweet Pea.
Create a dish garden.
Make a hydroponic garden with bottle.
Flower experiment for kids.

42 flowers you can eat.
Preschool math counting flower petals.
How to make a flower crown.
Spring flower activities for kids.
Cork-Stamped Flower Craft with Corks and Buttons.
Dyeing flowers.


And grab this free make your own flowers guide to go with this sweet book, Rose’s Garden. While waiting for her garden to bloom children bring Rose flowers they’ve made from different material.


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If you’re looking to do any spring nature studies, you’ll want to get a few of the NaturExplorers. I love those studies for multiple ages.

 Other Nature Study Ideas

Parts of a Dandelion Nature Study.
Fun Flower Garden for Kids with Upcycled Cartons.
See Like a Bee Wildflower Hunt.

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You’ll love my other nature study ideas and posts below:

 

Miss Rumphius Mixed Media Art from Emily at Table Life Blog
Oregon Nature Study Quiz: Wildflower Edition from Eva at Eva Varga
Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms Online Book Club from Dachelle at Hide the Chocolate
Wildflowers Unit Study & Lapbook from Tina at Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus
Fingerprint Painting on Canvas Activity from Katrina at Rule This Roost
Dandelion Life Cycle Learning Activities from Karyn at Teach Beside Me