Activities and Experiments

Can you solve the mystery and find the best home for these plants?

Leaf skeleton art was a popular activity for Anglo-American women in the 19th century. Try making your own!

Preserve information about a particular plant for future generations.

Learn about botanical art and create your own artwork.

Take a walk through your neighborhood, local park, or anywhere else where plants grow. What adaptations do you observe?

Create leaf etchings!

What happens when leaves don’t have access to sunlight? Let’s do an experiment to find out!

Conduct an experiment to evaluate how access to water affects a plant’s growth and survival.

Conduct an experiment to evaluate how access to light affects plants’ growth and survival.

Conduct an experiment to evaluate how access to soil affects plants’ growth and survival.

Conduct an experiment to evaluate how access to air affects plants’ growth and survival.