for
Plant Growth and Development
(Gr.3 Science Unit)
Linda Kilcoyne
SLM 521
Summer 02
Bibliography of Web Links
for
Plant Growth and Development
(Gr.3 Science Unit)
Summary and Purpose:
The following bibliography contains links to some useful
websites to supplement the third grade science unit on honeybees. These
links should be useful for students and teachers alike. Photographs of
queens, drones, workers, and bee behaviors are found on all the sites
listed. Some sites also contain video clips of bees.
Honey.com
This site, from the National Honey Board, has a section for
kids. In simple language it provides the history of honey. There are
coloring pages, a game, and a excellent glossary of flower and bee parts.
A 20 minute video, "The Honey Files: A Bees' Life" and guide are
available for $15.
http://www.Honey.com Date visited 6/3/02.
PBS
Online
As only PBS
can, this is an excellent site. It is a companion site to the NOVA
program, "Tales from the Hive." The page on Anatomy of a Hive
offers information and photographs on the queen, workers, drones, communication,
food, and defense. The site also contains a page on interesting facts
about bees called "The Buzz About Bees." There is also a
Resource listing of books and websites.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/ Date visited 6/3/02.
The
Pollination Home Page
This site features a number of photographs of various
honeybees. Great for looking at the anatomy of bees. A new page on
the site is being developed. The "Kid's Good Bug Page" might be worth
visiting in the future.
http://www.pollinator.com/gallery/gallery.htm Date visited 6/3/02.
Honey
Bees and Beekeeping
This site is from the University of Georgia College of
Agriculture and Environmental Sciences-Cooperative Extension
Service. There is a wealth of information, but of particular interest is a
table found in "Honey Bee Biology." The table compares the
developmental time of workers, queen, and drones.
http://www.ces.uga.edu/pubcd/b1045-w.html Date visited 6/3/02.
Insecta-Inspecta
World
This is an easy to read site for honey bee information.
The honey bee page has an easy to read diagram of bee anatomy. Short, but
to the point information on honey, royal jelly, beeswax, and pollination is
included.http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/bees/honey/index.html
Date visited 6/10/02
Parts
of a flower
This site from the Texas A&M University System can be
used to show basic flower anatomy. You will find labeled pictures of
petals, sepals, stamen, filaments, anthers, ovaries, and pistils.
http://csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/tfplab/reproch.htm#basic Date visited
6/10/02.
Plant
Anatomy
This site from Enchanted Learning is geared to elementary
students. The site has several printouts available. Students can
print and label the diagrams using the available glossary. There is also a
page on flower anatomy.
For an across the curriculum connection, there is a page on the Kapok tree that
can be used with the book, The Great Kapok Tree.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/printouts.shtml
Date visited 6/10/02.
Plants
and our Environment
This site is from Hinkle Creek Elementary School, as part
of a WebQuest Junior project. You will find information on flowers, seeds,
how plants grow, pollination, germination, to name just a few topics. This
is a good site for third graders to visit. Lots of diagrams, easy text,
good information, and even some fun questions to answer.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/index.html
Date visited 6/11/02
All
About Seeds
An
introductory site about seeds; the site gives a simple explanation on how seeds
grow. You will find instructions for watching and recording a bean seed's
growth.
http://pan.tcnj.edu/Plants-unit/3/lesson3.htm
Date visited 6/11/02
Dandelion
From the Science Museum of Minnesota, this site describes how
dandelion seeds travel on the wind and shows several photographs of dandelion
seeds.
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/d/dandelion/dandelion.html
Date visited 6/11/02