Handout
Royal Botanic Gardens

Plant Cultures: Rice

For Students 9th - 10th
Plant profile of rice. Covers history, spiritual, production and trade, traditional medicine, western medicine, food, crafts, cosmetics and other uses.
Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Applied Genetic Modification

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore practical uses of genetic engineering techniques to generate a plant that produces a hepatitis B protein for potential vaccine use. Examine the use of restriction enzymes for cloning and plasmid mapping.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Are There So Many Types of Apples?

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever walked into a grocery store and wondered where all the varieties of apples came from? Theresa Doud describes the ins and outs of breeding apples. [4:28]