Welcome!

Activity on the site is in recess for the summer, but we're now planning and preparing for the Fall 2010 PlantingScience program. Behind the scenes we're adding new features and ensuring your ideas for improving the site are put in place.

Teachers, students, if you're interested in getting involved, here's "How to Participate."

What it's all about...

PlantingScience is a learning and research resource, bringing together students, plant scientists, and teachers from across the nation. Students engage in hands-on plant investigations, working with peers and scientist mentors to build collaborations and to improve their understanding of science. - Learn more

Visit the PlantingScience test site in the Netherlands. Now on YouTube!

What students are saying

I like...
»   figuring out and interpreting graphs. I learned to use data in a scientific way.
»   being able to talk to a scientist and learning new things about plants.
»   the Fact that we got to post our comments and actually get responses, and ideas from scientists.
»   everything....... this experience was awesome i love seeing plant growing because is life... i really enjoy this.
»   being able to do your own experiment, and seeing the changes and effects the experiment had on plants.
»   the experiment, working as a group and having mentors. I felt like a real scientist!.

What teachers are saying

»   It is so much better that they get to do science instead of a teacher doing it for them. That speakes volumes for what ya'll are helping us do.
»   Thank you so much for letting me do this. It has been a wonderful learning experience and so much FUN for all of us, including me!
»   I have shared the site with some of my supervisors and the general response has been"this is so cool." Thank you for allowing me to participate in such a worthwhile project for my students.
»   The kids love the exchanges with the mentors, and what a wonderful way to proffer their work to classmates, mentors, etc. Thank you, thank you. Such a great idea!
»   Thanks for the opportunity for my kids to do 'real' science.
»   Students are very excited about plantingscience and are thrilled that scientists are responding to them.

 

Brokencyde Marion Jr/Sr High School Marion, Michigan	Volleyball!!!!!@#42354 Northwest R1 High School Cedar Hill, Missouri
If we use different levels of compactness in our soil would that effect the germination of the seed?	How does the nutrition in the soil affect the genes and traits expressed in the plants?

Helping Us Grow

Behind every good project, there are great supporters. If your organization seeks to improve science literacy as a means of growing a sustainable tomorrow, we ask that you consider becoming a PlantingScience supporter.

Thanks for stopping to see what we're doing!

Viewing Research Projects

We're pleased to share a few of the fantastic middle/high school research projects here on the home page—teams from around the country over the past five years.

Please note: you can experience all five years!
»   View THE MOST RECENT SESSION by clicking the Research Gallery tab at the top of the page
»   See exceptional projects in the STAR Gallery
»   Enjoy all past projects in the Research Archive

Sleeping Dragons Pershing County HS Lovelock, Nevada	The Carbon Freaks Bangor Christian Schools Bangor, Maine
Is height of plants a hereditary trait?	What type of liquid grows a sunflower the highest?
The Flower Children Bishop Dwenger HS Fort Wayne, Indiana	JERM C.H. Yoe High School Cameron, Texas
Does sugar have an effect on sunflower seed growth?	Which part of the plant stem or root, requires more oxygen?
Schnookemboggers St. Andrew`s Episcopal School Austin, Texas	Green M&Ms Assumption St. Bridget School Seattle, Washington
How will the amount of nutrients in the soil affect the average length of the pedicel(s)?	What energy drink out of Red Bull, and Rockstar will make a pea seed grow the highest?
ROSE BROS Marshall Middle School Olympia, Washington	Go Green! Springfield Central HS Springfield, Mass.
Will alfalfa, red clover, sunflower,and green bean seeds grow better in the sun, or in a closet?	Will red clover seed germination be affected by the temperatures they are grown in during germination?
Vine Swingers Woodstock High School Woodstock, Georgia	Cotyledons St. Sebastian School Akron, Ohio
How will fertilizer affect the growth of plants?	Does jello affect the rate of a seeds germination vs. a seed that is in knox gelatine?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Tomatoes Oakridge Middle School Naples, Florida	Genius Genuses Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts Natchitoches, Louisiana
How much bigger will tomato plants grow with mycorrhizae than just tomato plants without mycorrhizae?	Are trichome number, anthocyanin pigment, and erecta phenotype discrete or continuous traits in Arabidopsis plants?