National Plant a Flower Day

This holiday encourages people to plant a flower in honor of the vital role flowers play in our ecosystems, history, religion, traditions and inspiration. 

Celebrated on March 12, National Plant a Flower Day encourages people to plant a flower in honor of the vital role flowers play in our ecosystems, history, religion, traditions and inspiration. 

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Hummingbirds: Birds that Pollinate
Hummingbirds: Birds that Pollinate

Lesson

Grades: 1

Students will learn about hummingbirds and how they act as specific pollinators to certain types of plants/ flowers. Students will make their own hummingbird feeders to understand how they feed.

All About Bees
All About Bees

Lesson

Grades: 1

Students will learn about bumblebees and how important their habitat is to their survival. Students will learn the importance of bumblebees including their habitats, what they eat, and how they...

Flower Power
Flower Power

Lesson

Grades: 1

Students will examine the various parts of flowers through the use of dissection Students will understand how pollination occurs

Introduction to Pollinators
Introduction to Pollinators

Lesson

Grades: 1

Students will learn what pollinators are, why they are important, and some examples of who these pollinators are. Students will be able to identify how pollination occurs and important crops that are...

Flower Project
Flower Project

Lesson

Grades: Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4

The students will learn basic facts about flowers. They will research a flower of their choosing and create a project that demostrates their knowledge and findings.

Flowering Plant
Flowering Plant

Lesson

Grades: Kindergarten

The students will be able to label and sequence the cycle of a flowering plant.

Plant a Seed
Plant a Seed

Lesson

Grades: 2

The students will plant a seed using science and engineering practices, including the processes and skills of scientific inquiry, to develop understandings of science content. They will measure the...

Florida Yellow Bladderwort | Expeditions Shorts
Florida Yellow Bladderwort | Expeditions Shorts

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

In Apalachicola National Forest, Patrick talks about Karst Topography, or giant limestone sinkholes located all over Florida. When these sinkholes fill up with water, many species of plants and...
Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 1 3
Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 1
Episode 3

Video

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Underneath the pine trees, another community of plants resides in the area: Yellow-ray flowers, Purple Vein milkweed, and Catbells.
Flowering Dogwood in Bloom | The Cove Forest
Flowering Dogwood in Bloom | The Cove Forest
Episode 4

Photo

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Flowering dogwood is an ecologically important understory tree in eastern forests. Today, large numbers of flowering dogwoods are dying due to an introduced parasitic fungus that causes dogwood...
Persistent Trillium | The Cove Forest
Persistent Trillium | The Cove Forest

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

A number of rare species occur in cove forests, including the endangered persistent trillium, Trillium persistens. The species is found in deeply incised coves and gorges (acidic coves) in South...
Trillium Flower | The Cove Forest
Trillium Flower | The Cove Forest

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

On warm spring days, flowers are often actively visited by pollinators. However, in late winter and early spring, when many herbaceous plants are in flower, it is often too cold for pollinators to fly...
Oconee Bells | The Cove Forest
Oconee Bells | The Cove Forest

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

(Shortia galacifolia) A small evergreen species related to galax with white flowers produced in March. It was discovered ty the French botanist Andre Michaux in 1787 growing at the confluence of the...
Flowering Dogwood | The Cove Forest
Flowering Dogwood | The Cove Forest

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

(Cornus florida) This small understory tree of forests is also widely planted in residential areas. In spring, clusters of small greenish flowers surrounded by four large white petal-like bracts are...
Dewberry | Bulls Island Natural Area (S.C.)
Dewberry | Bulls Island Natural Area (S.C.)

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Rubus flagellaris • Member of Rose Family • Low growing Blackberry • Trailing woody stems with erect branches • Three-part, serrated leaves • Flower 2 cm wide(0.75 inches) • Flowers June to September...
Wild Indigo | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
Wild Indigo | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

• Baptista tinctoria • Smooth, bushy perennial 90 cm (3 feet) tall • Numerous elongated terminal clusters of yellow pea-like flowers • Flowers 1.3 cm (0.5 inches) long • Leaves palmately compound •...