This is a summary article that explains what a fungus is and how it survives. There is a good section on the economic importance of fungi.

This excellent site on plant structure contains information and diagrams under the first section, "General Plant Organization", about roots.

Extensive lab has students fill out large chart of plant parts, "vegetables", with pictures with information about the scientific name, structure, and origin. Several wrap-up questions are also included to make generalizations about...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify and understand the structure and function of plant stems.

This site presents information on the Denver Botanic Gardens in Colorado. There are five different gardens within the larger structure, they are: the plant collections, the chatfield arboretum, the japanese garden, the tropical botanica,...

Learn about plant and animal life cycles through this 5E structured module.

Stem functions, origin of the shoot, meristem structure, dicot stems, and monocot stems are the topics examined in this thorough lesson.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discover the structure and functions of plant roots.

Explore plant and animal cells with this interactive site. Explanations are provided for each cell organelle.

Online adventure game consisting of five consecutive episodes where you become a member of a team of scientists who investigate pain relieving drugs to see if they are safe. Episodes should be played in order; however, they can be...

There's a factory inside you that weighs about 1.4 kilograms and runs for 24 hours a day. It's your liver: the heaviest organ in your body, which simultaneously acts as a storehouse, a manufacturing hub, and a processing plant. This...

In this video segment [3:25] from Cyberchase, a plant expert shows Bianca the patterns and symmetry found in nature.

In this activity, students create slides of plant cells and observe them under a microscope. The lesson and PowerPoint slides can be downloaded. The included instructional video on cell observation is 20 min. 44 sec.

Multi-activity learning module in which students engage in learning about plant and animal cells through the use of microscopes.

Reference information about the study of cells. Includes a chart comparing plant and animal cells and one examining the structure of a cell.

Information about the different types of plant stems and their function.

The structure is described well, but the illustration is not very useful.

Learn about the structure of a typical plant cell with this informative diagram. The diagram lists important parts such as the nucleus, cytoplasm, leukoplast, cell wall, chloroplast and ribosomes.

A labeled diagram of a flower and its structures.

What do centipedes and crabs have in common? What's so special about a backbone? Check this site out from The Franklin Institute if you are interested in biology and classification.

Extensive site for teachers provides some helpful resources that pertain to plant and animal cells. Includes a microscope diagram as well as plant, animal and pond labs. Also contains links to structures and mechanisms, matter and...

A looping slideshow on the structures that make up the roots and stem of a plant, and the functions they perform. Includes a multiple-choice quiz.

A brief article which describes and illustrates the structure and function of cell walls in plant cells.

This is a student led activity utilizing visualization and association to memorize the parts of animal and plant cells. Students will work cooperatively to develop drawings to connect the parts of cells to one of their favorite things:...