Snow-on-the-mountain

The School Garden

and 

Plants in Our Back Yard

 

 

1 School garden:  Coneflower 2  School garden: Daylily 3 School garden:  Velvetleaf 4 School garden:  Harebells
 

 

5 School garden: Painted Daisy 6.  School garden Queen Ann's Lace or Wild Carrot

Starved Rock State Park - not a plant native to North America.  Eurasian in origin, but now found worldwide.

Blazing Star

Starved Rock State Park

 

 

Summer Wildflowers of Illinois

 

QueSPER Research Plan and Note-taking Worksheets

QUESPER SAYS

QUESTION SEARCH PRODUCE EVALUATE REFLECT
What do I know?

What do I want to know?

Where will I look?

What strategies will I use?

What will I make?

Whom will I credit?

How well did I do? What did I learn?

Flower Anatomy Printout (Enchanted Learning)

Wildflower Research Plan Printout

Links to Other Sites

bullet Prairie Wildflowers of Illinois
bullet Illinois' Best Plants
bullet The Tallgrass Prairie of Illinois
bullet List of Native Plants for Use along Roadsides in Illinois

Books and References 

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Eifert, Virginia S.  Flowers that Bloom in the Spring. Springfield, IL: Illinois State Museum, 1970.   Ask for Assistance
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Watts, May T. Flower Finder. Rochester, NY: Nature Study Guide, ©1955.  

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Voigt, John W. Prairie Plants of Illinois. Springfield, IL: Illinois Department of Conservation, n.d.   Ask for Assistance

Grade Three Research Projects

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