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\n\"Plant\n\n
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\nPlant Reproduction\n

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\nStudents plant seeds in order to investigate and explore the questions: \"How do seed companies develop varieties of plants?\" and \"What is the ideal plant?\" Students will study related vocabulary and sketch seeds as they emerge. Students...\n
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\nHow Corn Conquered the World\n

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\nCorn is amazing! A short video traces the development of the most-grown plant on the globe, from its beginnings in Mesoamerica to its many uses beyond as a food stable. \n
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\n\"Growing\n\n
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\nGrowing from Seed\n

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\nHigh school or college horticulturists will appreciate this PowerPoint on seed-propagation. It walks them through the science behind seed production and germination as well as the requirements for growing plants from this stage....\n
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\nLet's Get Square\n

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\nStudents predict possible phenotypic and genotypic outcomes for avariety of common plant hybrids. They review and explain the characteristics of dominant and recessive traits and explore Mendelian genetics. Students plot the possible...\n
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\n\"Marketing\n\n
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\nMarketing the New Hybrids\n

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\nStudents work together to develop a hypothesis on the natural and applied hybridization of certain species in an ecosystem. Using the internet, they research this topic and read any recent articles or studies. They must note the...\n
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\n\"Genes\n\n
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\nGenes Are Real Things\n

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\nProving microscopic structures exist is a difficult task. Learn how scientists did just that in the mid-1800s as they set out to identify the cellular structures related to genetics. The online lesson explains the collection of work that...\n
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\n\"Eight\n\n
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\nEight Ways to Celebrate Fruit\n

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\nActivities designed to incorporate the study of fruit into your classroom during National Fruit and Vegetable Month.\n
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\nPopped Secret Film with Quiz: The Mysterious Origin of Corn\n

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\nWhere does corn come from? Corn cobs? Scholars watch an interesting video to learn that the ancestor of maize is the teosinte plant. The video goes on to explain how both geneticists and archaeologists have evidence that humans were...\n
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\n\"Corn:\n\n
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\nCorn: An A-maizing Plant\n

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\nStudents explore the corn crop. For this farming lesson, students identify which states are in the corn belt and read about the history of corn, its uses and its development and growth. Students dissect a corn kernel. Students discuss...\n
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\nProtoplast Production (Plant Cells Without Walls)\n

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\nStudents explore the spherical protoplasts of plants. Students observe that plant cells have a plasma membrane in addition to the cell wall. Students plasma membranes, solutes and organelles.\n
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\nBiotechnology\n

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\nA continuous cascade of information comes through this PowerPoint on biotechnology. The topic is defined, a history is presented, and basic genetic engineering techniques are explained. The topic is covered in an objective manner,...\n
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\nJUST A MATTER OF TIME\n

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\nStudents recognize the dynamic changes in themselves and in agriculture that have occurred through the years. They are shown pictures of a baby or students are asked to think of their little brothers or sisters or themselves in...\n
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\n\"PROTOPLAST\n\n
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\nPROTOPLAST PRODUCTION\n

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\nStudents are allowed to strip away the cell walls of plants cells (using enzymes) and then observe the resulting spherical protoplasts (plant cells minus the cell wall). They see that plants cells indeed have a plasma membrane in...\n
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\n\"Genetics\n\n
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\nGenetics Crossword\n

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\nIn this biology instructional activity, students complete a crossword puzzle with 38 questions on genetics. They identify the different parts and functions of a flower.\n
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\nGenetics - The Study of Inheritance\n

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\nIn this genetics activity, students will compare four pea plants with different alleles that control flower color and complete 5 short answer questions. Then students will read 8 statements about genetic mutations and determine if the...\n
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\nBiotechnology\n

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\nStudents explore biotechnology through various activities. In this biology lesson, students analyze its pros and cons. They study and read informative articles about biotechnology.\n
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\nA PRICELESS Collection\n

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\nStudents read a story about the life of Russian plant breeder Nikolai I and Vavilov and the national seed bank he established. They research the Irish Potato Famine of the late 1840s and identify the cause for this famine and make...\n
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\n\"Environment:\n\n
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\nEnvironment: Waste Walk\n

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\nLearners assess the positive and negative affects of humans on the environment. The lesson explores ways in which individuals and societies can reduce the negative impact on the environment. By taking a \"waste walk\" around their campus,...\n
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\n'Hunger Games' Science: Investigating Genetically Engineered Organisms\n

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\nIn The Hunger Games novel and movie, a futuristic, dystopian society is the setting. In it, a genetically engineered bird escapes control of the government. Using this as a starting point, teenagers examine the realistic possibility of...\n
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\n\"Mendelian\n\n
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\nMendelian Genetics\n

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\nAlthough these slides seem full of text, the information is bulleted and clear. There is a list of vocabulary and then two slides to define examples of Mendelian inheritance and rules of probability.  The remaining five slides look...\n
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\nW. Atlee Burpee and the \"Seeds\" of Becoming an Entrepreneur\n

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\nStudents research the components of W. Atlee Burpee's mail-order business. For this Pennsylvanian history instructional activity, students analyze three business components for Burpee's mail-order business. Students create a plan...\n
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\nPrinciples of Heredity\n

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\nStudents model traits on genes using colored paper and tongue depressors to represent chromosomes. In this heredity lesson plan, students use their \"chromosome sticks\" to understand chromosome pairs, genes, dominant traits, recessive...\n
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\nTaxonomy Project\n

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\nStudents act as a taxonomist and, given a certain situation, classify existing organisms.\n
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\nIntroduction to Mendelian Genetics using Fiction\n

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\nYoung scholars investigate Mendelian Genetics by studying the history of Mendel and what it was like to be a 19th century scientist. They read a pieces of fiction during this investigation.\n
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