SunflowerThematic Unit, Resources and Links
Coloring Book for Kids
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Educators and parents of K-4th grade children are invited to download the "The Story of the Sunflower," an educational coloring book for kids who want to learn about sunflowers and have fun at the same time.
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| Coloring Book (Pages 1 - 4) (358 kb .pdf file) |
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| Coloring Book (Pages 5 - 8) (513 kb .pdf file) |
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Funny Sunflower Coloring Page
http://www.stratford.library.on.ca/kids/Spring/sunflower.gif
Sunflower Coloring Pages and Templates
http://www.nps.gov/plants/color/txhill/imgs/hean1.jpghttp://www.youthonline.ca/coloringcorner/color/sunflower.gifhttp://kidsturncentral2.com/coloring/xsunflower1.gifhttp://kidsturncentral2.com/coloring/xsunflower2.gifhttp://kidsturncentral2.com/coloring/xsunflower3.gifhttp://kidsturncentral2.com/coloring/xsunflower4.gifhttp://www.primarygames.com/seasons/summer/images/color16.gifhttp://members.aol.com/Sabbeth/images/image206.gifhttp://www.primarygames.com/seasons/summer/images/color7.gifhttp://www.kidzone.ws/geography/usa/kansas/sunflower2.gifhttp://www.italophiles.com/images/sunflowerc5.jpghttp://www.italophiles.com/images/sunflowersc.jpghttp://www.italophiles.com/images/sunflowers2c.jpghttp://www.raisingourkids.com/hol/spring/coloringpages/pics/flowers3.gifhttp://www.kshs.org/kids/pdfs/sunflower.pdfhttp://www.graphicgarden.com/files16/graphics/print/color/bear1.gifhttp://flyingsamphoto.com/images/coloring-page-36.jpghttp://www.alfy.com/arts_crafts/coloring_pages/Plants/Sunflower.jpghttp://outer-limit.net/coloring/cbnsunflower.gifhttp://www.csberry.com/sketchs2/csunflower2.jpg
http://freestyle.sourceforge.net/GALLERY/UNIFORM-PRUNING/sunflower-0qi.jpghttp://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/images/horticulture/linedrawings/sunflowers.gifhttp://www.emmalousprimitives.com/images/patterns/352-sunflowers-and-crows.jpg
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/images/I_love_you_sunflowers.gif
http://www.lebonze.com/sketchbook_imgs/14.jpghttp://www.edupics.com/rotate_image.php?image_id=1965http://www.chrysaliscreations.ca/images/sunflowers.jpghttp://www.albanyviamedia.org/Messenger/March_2005/Sunflowers_SMALL.jpghttp://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/classroom/images/sunflower.jpg
Sunflower Color by Number: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/colorbynumber/sunflower/number.GIFColor Guide for the above image: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/colorbynumber/sunflower/
Sunflower Math Unit (PDF)
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/pdf/esmp/peddlingpetals.pdf
Summer Unit: Sunflower Theme (elementary) PDF
http://www.abcschoolhouse.com/seasonal_pdfs/Spring_ideas.pdf
Sunflower Pattern (PDF)
http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/sunflower_pattern.pdf
Sunflower Pattern
http://www.quilterscache.com/images6/sunflowerlarge.gif
Sunflowers Crochet Patterns
http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/sunflowers.php
Ladybugs and Sunflowers Afghan Pattern
Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt (Reading, Art, History, Science)
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/growinginthegarden/sunflower_activity.html
Xochitl and the Flowers/Xochitl, la Niña de las Flores - Teacher's Guide
http://www.childrensbookpress.org/guides/xochitl/crosscurricular.html
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Super Sized Sunflowers - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0067.html
Art, Science and Math
Sunflower Unit
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/occasions/vangogh.htm
Nutrition Education Lesson Plans: Sunflowers
http://www.neatsolutions.com/lessons/lesson_plans_sunflowers.htm
Some Sunflower Suggestions
http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/99-1/lesson0024.shtml
Lesson Plans and Units on Education Planet
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Science/Botany/Flowers/Sunflowers
Article on Sunflowers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower
Sunflower Webquest
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/jmendez/sfwebqst/snflwrwbqst.htm
Sunflower: Color by Number
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/colorbynumber/sunflower/
How to Create a Sunflower Costume
http://www.ehow.com/how_5306_create-sunflower-costume.html
Burpee - Secrets of the Sunflower
http://www.burpee.com/jump.jsp?itemID=425&itemType=CONTENT&path=49&KickerID=717&KICKER
DLTK's Sunflower Crafts for Kids
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/fall/crafts-sunflowers.htm
The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles
http://www.faithringgold.com/ringgold/d15.htm
by Faith Ringgold
Sunflower - classroom decoration ideas - Brief Article
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0STR/is_2_111/ai_78399656
[PDF] Here Come the Sunflowers!
http://forces.si.edu/ltop/pdfs/PreK-1-HereComestheSunflower.pdf
[PDF] Sunflower card
http://www.nefb.org/ag-ed/sunflower.pdf
[PDF] Sunflower Art and Science
http://www.schoolsgarden.org.uk/resources/1sunflowerart.pdf
VA-SOL-Lesson Plans
http://www.knowledge.state.va.us/cgi-bin/lesview.cgi?idl=211
ETV NTTI Lesson : From One Seed Grow Many Seeds (Grade 1)
http://www.scetv.org/ntti/lessons/2002_lessons/sunflower.cfm
TeachNet -- How Many Seeds in a Sunflower?
http://bostonteachnet.org/Sheung/SheungSp1/
[PDF] The Sunflower Story
http://oklahoma4h.okstate.edu/aitc/lessons/intermed/plants.pdf
ArtsEdge: Sunflowers
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2353/
In this lesson, van Gogh’s depiction of sunflowers is used as a means of focusing on the parts of a flower, growing sunflowers in the classroom, and developing students' artistic impressions of sunflowers.
Sunflower Crafts for Kids
Sunflower Flyer
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10546
"You won't need a green thumb to make this sunflower-style porch decoration burst with vivid color -- just a plateful of favorite buttons."
SUNNY the SUNFLOWER
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/spring/msunflower.html
The Sunflower
http://www.mcpherson.com/~kansas/sunflower.html
Craft Stick Sunflower Picture Frame
http://www.makingfriends.com/sunflower.htm
Sunflower Pencils
http://www.makingfriends.com/fallcrafts/fall_flower_pens.htm
Cardboard Tube Sunflowers
http://www.makingfriends.com/recycle/tp_flowers.htm
Sun and Sunflower Photo Craft
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/mom/msunandflower.html
Sunflower Mask
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/spring/mflowermask.html
Yolanda Yellow Color Buddy Paper Craft
http://www.dltk-teach.com/colors/myellow.htm
Quilled Sunflower
http://www.crafts4kids.com/projects/quilled_sunflower.htm
Sunflower Pin Cushion
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/holiday_mothersday_crafts7.htm
Celebration Sunflowers
http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/ys/CRAFTS/SUNFLOWE.HTM
Kansas Sunflower Jar
http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/YS/CRAFTS/Sunjar.htm
Sunflower Seed Necklace
http://www.homeschoolzone.com/pp/crafts/sunseeds-neck.htm
Sunflower Craft
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/flowers/sunflowerplate/
Sunflower Bulletin Board
On your bulletin board, attach a large circle cut from yellow construction paper. You might instead wish to cover your board with craft paper and paint a yellow circle on the paper.
Next, attach yellow construction or crepe paper pieces all around the circle to create the sunflower petals.
Each of your student can help to create the sunflower by gluing real sunflower seeds to the center of the yellow sunflower!
Resources for a Indisciplinary Unit, Webquest or Field Trip
Parts of a Sunflower
http://www.cyberspaceag.com/kansascrops/sunflowers/partsofasunflower.htm
Visit a Kansas Sunflower Farm
http://www.cyberspaceag.com/kansascrops/sunflowers/default.htm
Sunflower Trivia
http://www.cyberspaceag.com/kansascrops/sunflowers/sunflowertrivia.htm
Did you know?
"Floating rafts of sunflowers are being used to clean up water contaminated as a result of the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in the former Soviet Union. The roots of the sunflower plants remove 95% of the radioactivity in the water by pulling contaminants out of the water."
Crop Profile for Sunflower in Kansas
http://www.ipmcenters.org/cropprofiles/docs/KSsunflowr.html
"In 1998, Kansas ranked 3rd in U.S. sunflower production behind North Dakota and South Dakota."
Clytie the Sunflower
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/spring/short-stories/clytie-the-heliotrope.html
"In Greek mythology Clytie was a nymph who fell desperately in love with the sun god Apollo. Every day she would watch him drive his chariot across the sky from east to west, but her love was never returned.
Apollo turned Clytie from a water nymph into a sunflower but her devotion endured the transformation and every day Clytie's head turned as she marked the sun's progress across the sky, just as the real sunflower does..."
Super Sized Sunflowers
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0067.html
Art , Science and Math
Some Sunflower Suggestions
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/99-1/lesson0024.shtml
Achenes Of The Sunflower Family
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/fruitid5.htm
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