Plants

Currently, we are using Organisms - From Macro to Micro a science kit designed for middle school students. Links on this page supplement concepts studied in the classroom.

Angiosperms - Flowering Plants

Here's a quiz on flower parts from The Great Plant Escape .

Click here to learn all about the different Types of Fruits at this Harcourt School Publishers site.

Pollination and Fertilization

Here is an animation from the US Forest Service showing the difference between self- and cross-pollination

This mini-movie from Oregon State will help you understand pollination/fertilization

This one page explanation of pollination from the Missouri Botanical Gardens will help you understand plant fertilization

This animation from Western Kentucky University shows both pollination and fertilization in a flower

Photosynthesis

Use this animation on photosynthesis to review for your quiz

Transpiration

Prentice-Hall provides information and animations on transpiration

Prentice-Hall also has an animation on how guard cells work.

The Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary has an interactive tutorial on transpiration

Tropisms

View these great movies on tropisms from the University of Indiania

This clip from NASA highlights three different types of tropisms

View short animations of gravitropism and phototropism from W. H. Freeman

Trees

An Interactive leaf key from the University of Iowa

The Arbor Day Foundation has a tree identification key for both Western and Eastern Trees

Identify trees by leaves, fruits or names courtesy of the Ohio Public Library System

Why do leaves change colors? Try these sites:

Read about the Chemistry of Autumn Colors

Science Made Simple offers this explanation. Activities/Labs are included!

Find the answer at the Storm Fax site

Here's one last site from the State University of New York - Environmental Science and Forestry

Herbs

Here's an introduction to herbs from the University of Illinois

Linda Gilbert has written some wonderful columns on herbs. Recipes are included!

Too many herbs? The University of Illinois Extension has herb fact sheets and information on drying herbs

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