Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Flower and Tree Reproduction
This is the reproduction chapter from an online text, courtesy of the Forest Biology Department of Virginia Tech. Learn about trees, their flowers, and other details of their reproductive cycle.
Other
University of the Western Cape: Department of Biodiversity: Abiotic Components
The Department of Biodiversity at UWC presents the impact different abiotic components on plants and animals. Some factors are light, temperature, and wind.
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.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Agnes Arber
This short biography about Agnes Arber describes her contributions to botanical science.
University of Hawai'i
Hvnp: Mid Elevation Woodland& Succession on 1974 Flow
Students can take a virtual tour of a Hawaiian volcano which erupted in 1974. Pictures show plants starting the succession process occurring along a pahoehoe flow.
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Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
This site provides information on the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. If you click on the link "virtual tour", a new page will appear with a map of the garden, and details about the contents in the garden.
Other
Kitchen Culture Kits, Inc.: Plant Tissue Culture
An excellent site for learning about plant tissue culture. Great visuals and easy to understand instructions. Lots of links to other good sources.
Middle School Science
Middle School Science: Observing Tree Rings
In the lab experiment site, you will determine the age of a tree, see if you can determine what years had more precipitation than others, and label the cross section of a tree: bark, heartwood, sapwood, and rings.
Curated OER
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Flowers
Labeled diagram of common flowers in bloom.
Other
Environmental Concern, Inc.
This organization in Maryland provides information on its wetlands conservation projects, educational materials for purchase, professional courses, and consulting services.
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!
Utah Education Network
Uen: 1st Grade Act: 22: Retelling the Tiny Seed
This instructional activity engages students in story retelling to Eric Carle's book, The Tiny Seed. Students will participate in interactive storytelling as they write sentences and illustrate pictures about seed travel.
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum, London, England
Great site providing a "Quickindex" to find various resources. Also included are links to more information on this museum.
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The Academy of Natural Sciences
This site describes the museum. It shows the viewer what is currently on exhibit, interesting facts, and many links to other exhibits.
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.
Harvard University
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
This site contains general information about The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts. The site also gives a selection of links that tell more about the garden.
Other
Botanical Garden at Gottingen
This site provides information on the Botanical Garden at Gottingen University located in Germany. If you click on the sub-heading "Subjects and History",an English text will come up presenting further details on the garden.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Investigating the Structure of the Flower
This lesson plan has students make a model of a flower's structure using clay, toothpicks, and construction paper.
Other
The Charms of Duckweed (Smallest Flowering Plant)
Have a fun learning experience as you read about the smallest flowering plant. Botanical facts, pictures, projects, and practical uses of the Duckweed plant are all part of this site.
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Mbari: Rhodophyta, Red Algae
This site from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute defines red algae, habitat, orders and genera, and methods. The information that is presented is somewhat brief, but factual, and riddled with links to additional information.