PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Biome in a Baggie
This ZOOMSci video segment shows how to create self-contained environments and explore how plants grow under different conditions. [3:24]
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Pollination Parties
This lesson helps students understand the concept of pollination. Objectives, materials, procedures, adaptations, discussion questions, evaluation, extensions, suggested readings, links, vocabulary, and academic standards are all included!
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution: Scientists at the Smithsonian
This is a collection of video interviews with twenty Smithsonian scientists who work in a scientific areas as vastly different as measuring the moon and figuring out what kinds of birds collide with aircraft. An interesting way to...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Like Plants [Pdf]
"I Like Plants" is a one page, realistic fiction, reading passage about a person who loves plants and became a botanist; now she teaches her college students about plants and ecology. It is followed by constructed-response questions...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Like Plants [Pdf]
"I Like Plants" is a one page, realistic fiction, reading passage about a person who loves plants and became a botanist; now she teaches her college students about plants and ecology. It is followed by constructed-response questions...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Like Plants [Pdf]
"I Like Plants" is a one page, realistic fiction, reading passage about a person who loves plants and became a botanist; now she teaches her college students about plants and ecology. It is followed by constructed-response questions...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Moon Crater Ecosystems Lesson Plan
This is a teacher's guide to a lesson on ecosystems. The objective is for the students to set up their own ecosystem and define the roles of producers, consumers and scavengers.
Other
Rocky Road: The Life of Joseph Banks
This site provides information about Joseph Banks' childhood on into his early years. A photo of Banks is also provided.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: The Kudzu Collection (Photographs)
A fascinating Ibiblio.org collection of Kudzu photos in a variety of southern habitats. There is a short report on the history and botany of this vine.
Other
Cdli: Intermediate Projects Physics
This site from the Center for Distance Learning and Innovation provides a really extensive listing of possible science fair projects. Maybe a hundred. Physics, Engineering, Meteorology, Chemistry, Botany. Interesting goodies.
EL Education
El Education: Flower City Atlas
3rd grade students in Rochester, New York, created this historical/environmental guide to the City of Rochester as part of a learning expedition on local history. The guiding questions were: How did Rochester become the Flower City? How...
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Transportation in Plants
A very good explanation of the processes of water transport in plants. Includes graphics that accompany this very detailed explanation.
McGraw Hill
Mhhe: Plant Growth and Growth Regulators
A very good overview of the hormonal control of plant responses to different environmental cues. Good place to start research.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Biology:plant Reproduction Post Test
Students take this six question post test over the topic of plant reproduction, and then check their accuracy after they submit the quiz.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Biology: Plant Reproduction Pretest
Students can take this six question pretest over the topic of plant reproduction, and then check their accuracy after they submit the quiz.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Documenting Change
In this video segment from New York Voices, botanists study plants to inform agriculture and climate change.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Identifying Plant Family Characteristics
Young scholars make observations of similarities and differences between three types of garden plants to determine why they are grouped together in one plant family.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Carolus Linnaeus
This site from the Encyclopedia Wikipedia provides an overview of the life of botanist Carolus Linnaeus discusses his upbringing and education. It also provides information about his work on taxonomy.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: The Weight of a Petal: The Value of Botanical Gardens
Food, medicine, and clean air are just a few of the benefits that plants give us. Delve into an article highlighting the significance of botanical gardens and peruse the additional research and educator resources offered.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: Biodiversity: Nonvascular & Nonseed Vascular Plants
Photographs, informative tables, and illustrated diagrams help explain the diversity of the plant kingdom in this college-level textbook.
Ohio State University
General Plant Biology: Development: Flowering to Senescence
A good overview of the development of plants. Includes a section on the dormancy of plants that covers the basics.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University: How a Corn Plant Develops
The Iowa State University provides a good description of the development of an important crop plant. The overview compares favorably with the development of any plant.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Plant Inspector
Students will provide a verbal and visual description of plants that are close their homes. The pictures can be published online.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Parasitic Flowering Plants
The ecology and natural history of plants that live at the expense of other organisms is described in detail at this site from the Palomar College. Great material for a report or presentation.
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