Non-flowering Plants: Ferns

The much-loved fern plant is beautiful and graceful but is also complex and unique. There is great variety in form, color, and habitat, and from their spores to their fiddleheads, they undergo an unusual process of reproduction.

This purchase includes:

  1. A video to help you learn the fern parts, their structure, and their unique method of reproduction. (12:08 min.)
  2. A handout to help conduct a study of fern with your child. The handout includes teacher preparation items, a list of object lesson questions, some goals for your nature walk, suggestions for recording observations made, a list of living book recommendations, and a diagram of the fern parts.

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