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** Techno Teachers in Training (3TTT) **
==== Resources anyone? Below is a variety of resources in all sorts of mediums, including activities for students to complete on an interactive whiteboard, videos/podcasts, and many websites that teachers can access to find fantastic lesson ideas to excite and educate students, and lots of amazing activities to excite children in relation to plants. ====

What Plants should we grow in our Vegetable Garden?
 * __ What to grow in summer? __**
 * Tomatoes
 * Corn
 * Squash/ Zucchini (excellent growers)
 * eggplant
 * lettuce
 * herbs
 * carrots
 * cucumber
 * silver beet
 * pumpkin
 * leeks
 * strawberries


 * __ What to grow in winter? __**
 * Broccoli
 * cauliflower
 * cabbage
 * beetroot
 * lettuce
 * peas
 * turnips
 * garlic

**Interactive Whiteboard Resources**
* First School years - This website has lots of worksheets and links to activities that students could do on an interactive whiteboard. Students will love growing their own virtual plant, who doesn't love a plant based word search, word shapes and much more. many great educational resources to support students learning about plants. @http://www.firstschoolyears.com/science/living/plants.htm
 * Who doesn't like to play on the interactive whiteboard, especially when you can match the flowers to their pair, plant and seed and help it grow and even put a broken plant back together. this is a great educational resource for students as its fun and they get to learn as they have fun with Sparky the Alien.[]
 * The great plant escape! help Spud and Bud help Detective Leplant on his search, and along the way you will learn about plants and how important they are in our lives. lets help solve these plant mysteries @http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/gpe.html
 * Growing plants (this is a fantastic resource for teachers it is something that they could put on an interactive whiteboard for students to have a go at growing a virtual plant and if the plant doesn't get enough water then it stops growing. there are even little quiz's as well. students will find this interactive and captivating.[]

* How do plants grow . the below website has some great activities that you can use in the classroom to help students develop their understanding of how plants grow.
There are links to great activity ideas if your short of ideas for what to do in your classroom while your studying plants.

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====* Sparkelbox is a great resource for teachers (all you need to do is be a member to have access to some of the resources available). there are lots of sight words, posters and activities to do with plants that you can use with students when learning about plants in the classroom====

@http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/topic/living/plants/growth.html
====* how a seed germinates - images etc want to show your students how a seed germinates, this is a very descriptive resource for teachers and is highly beneficial in relation to plants. you can display this on an interactive whiteboard during a lesson about plants and how they start.====

@http://www.biology-resources.com/plants-seeds.html
====* This website has lots of ideas about growing plants in your classroom including growing runner beans in a jar! sprouts are easy to grow and fantastic in a classroom, the link below shows how to grow sprouts, a carrot top and much more.====

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====* Need some guidance in growing plants in your classroom. the below website has step by step instructions which is helpful if your feeling a bit stuck. The website below has step by step instructions of how to grow plants in your classroom if your not a keen gardener and want to introduce this into your classroom.====

@http://www.ehow.com/how_2247288_grow-plants-classroom.html
====* Primary Treasure Chest - lots of great resources to do with plants,, posters to display around the room, sight words etc, loads of resources available for teachers to do with plants and something to do with everything that you could imagine in the classroom.==== @http://www.primarytreasurechest.com/topics/gardening-and-growing/plants.html



**Movies - Podcasts - Videos**
====* The life cycle of a Pumpkin this is a very simple video that you could put up on the iterative whiteboard for students, just so that they can get an idea of how a pumpkin goes from being a tiny seed to becoming a big pumpkin.====

@http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=134153
====* Plant growth - This one shows various plants growing - children may find this interesting as it simply shows how a plant grows. beneficial especially for young children to see how a plant goes from being a seed to big sunflower or a pumpkin etc. great visual resource as students can actually see real plants growing from a seed to a big plant. @http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Plant_growth&video_id=31473====

* "Plants in the Classroom- A great teacher resource for growing plants in the classroom
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//(worksheets, pdf's Powerpoints etc)//
====* This document (is a "teacher work sheet" ) id use it as a checklist for when the seedlings are moved from pots to garden if they start out in Pots that is links to lots of area of the curriculum. this would be useful if you start of your plants in little pots and then transfer them to the garden when they are a bit bigger.====

@http://www.bordbia.ie/aboutgardening/organicgardening/Worksheets/Moving%20Plants%20from%20the%20Classroom%20to%20Garden.pdf
====* Education World- loads of links to great activity ideas in the classroom including "eggshell people", how to make your very own 3D plants and much much more. @http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson259.shtml==== .[|http://prekinders.com/plants-theme/#activities]
 * Pre kinders - resources for pre-priamary and Kindy Teachers- need some activities to do in your classroom while studying the topic of plants? here is a whole list of great activities for per-primary teachers. there are even some art activities too. who wouldn't want to make a 'seed mosaic' or a seed necklace. lots of great ideas for every classroom
 * Teaching ideas - plants lots of resources for all different age groups looking for resources for your topic of plants. then this is the website for you, this website contains lots of resources and activities to do with students of various age levels. there are links to investigations in which students can complete to help develop their understanding of plants.

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 * ====Sparklebox. Sparkelbox Australia from @http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/topic/living/plants/growth.html====
 * Mackean, D. G. (2004-2012, 2012). Plants. Seeds and Germination from @http://www.biology-resources.com/plants-seeds.html
 * Ideas, T. (2012). Teaching Ideas. from http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/science/contents_plants.htm
 * vmistyhorizon2003. (2003). Fun Classroom Activities to Interest Children / Kids in Growing Plants. from @http://mistyhorizon2003.hubpages.com/hub/Fun-Classroom-Activities-to-Interest-Children-in-Plants
 * Contributor, a. e. (1999-2012). How to Grow Plants in the Classroom. from @http://www.ehow.com/how_2247288_grow-plants-classroom.html
 * Sizemore, S. (2012). The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin from @http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=134153
 * Brown, L. H. a. S. (2011). Plants in the classroom from @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdV8FhRrWFo
 * Bia, B. Moving Plants from Classroom to Garden from http://www.bordbia.ie/aboutgardening/organicgardening/Worksheets/Moving%20Plants%20from%20the%20Classroom%20to%20Garden.pdf
 * Hopkins, G. (2002-2010). Plant Seeds of Learning: Classroom Lessons Bring Plants to Life from @http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson259.shtml
 * Cox, K. (1999-2012). Pre-K Plant theme. from.http://prekinders.com/plants-theme/#activities
 * Chest, P. T. (2010). Primary Treasure Chest. from @http://www.primarytreasurechest.com/topics/gardening-and-growing/plants.html
 * Images Google images from @http://www.google.com.au/imghp?hl=en&tab=ii