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The Tree-mendous Benefits of Trees - Teacher Guide
16 Oct 2020
Trees are a critical component of our ecosystem: They can produce the food we eat, oxygen that we breathe, shade from the sun, and so much more. Trees are an important and recognizable part of landscapes and forests, but most people don't think about the importance of trees and their value to the...
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The Tree-mendous Benefits of Trees - Mentor Guide
16 Oct 2020
Trees are a critical component of our ecosystem: They can produce the food we eat, oxygen that we breathe, shade from the sun, and so much more. Trees are an important and recognizable part of landscapes and forests, but most people don't think about the importance of trees and their value to the...
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The Tree-mendous Benefits of Trees - Mentor Guide
16 Oct 2020
Trees are a critical component of our ecosystem: They can produce the food we eat, oxygen that we breathe, shade from the sun, and so much more. Trees are an important and recognizable part of landscapes and forests, but most people don't think about the importance of trees and their value to the...
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The Tree-mendous Benefits of Trees - Student Guide
16 Oct 2020 | Student Resources
Trees are a critical component of our ecosystem: They can produce the food we eat, oxygen that we breathe, shade from the sun, and so much more. Trees are an important and recognizable part of landscapes and forests, but most people don't think about the importance of trees and their value to...
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Plants Get Sick, Too! Additional Resources
26 Aug 2019 | Teacher Resources
Additional links and information for teachers, students, and mentors.
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Plants Get Sick, Too! Student Guide
26 Aug 2019 | Student Resources
This module focuses on the interaction of plants and microbes, specifically post-harvest microbes, and can be paired with the Agronomy Feeds the World module to discuss where food comes from and what challenges growers face in getting our food supply to grocery stores and our tables. Some of...
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Plants Get Sick, Too! Mentor Guide
26 Aug 2019 | Mentor Resources
This module focuses on the interaction of plants and microbes, specifically post-harvest microbes,, and teachers may pair it with the Agronomy Feeds the World module to discuss where food comes from and what challenges growers face in getting our food supply to grocery stores and our tables....
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Plants Get Sick, Too! Teacher Guide
26 Aug 2019 | Teacher Resources
This module focuses on the interaction of plants and microbes, specifically post-harvest microbes, and can be paired with the Agronomy Feeds the World module to discuss where food comes from and what challenges growers face in getting our food supply to grocery stores and our tables. Some of...
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Mentor's Guide
30 Aug 2018 | Mentor Resources
The purpose of this tip sheet is to help you as a scientist mentor anticipate and respond to students as they post online about their agronomy-related investigations. After initial inquiries – such as watching purple Kool-Aid run through 3+ types of soil, evaluating water-holding capacity of...
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Mentor Tip Sheet - Pollen and Pollination
30 Aug 2018 | Mentor Resources
The purpose of this tip sheet is to help you as a scientist mentor anticipate and respond to students as they post online about their pollen and pollinator investigations.
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Managing multiple classrooms as a Liaison (or as a Mentor)
10 Jan 2017 | Mentor Resources
Some tips for how to organize, schedule and communicate when dealing with multiple teams, schools and teachers!
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Class Overview Template
03 Jan 2017 | Teacher Resources
Please use this template to provide information to potential mentors for your classroom. Answer the prompts in this template, then copy and paste the whole text into the group overview. This will help mentors you invite to your group (i.e., invite to mentor one of your project...
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Student Roster Template
03 Jan 2017 | Teacher Resources
This is the template for teachers to complete and upload to the website - in the "Students" tab, in the "Projects" tab, in the classroom group.Please be aware:Only input students' first names, passwords and team assignments (e.g., 1, 2, 3, etc.).All passwords can be...
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Experimental Design for Guided Inquiry
27 Dec 2016 | Teacher Resources
This guide will help teachers walk their students through the guided inquiry that is part of the Agronomy Feeds the World module.
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Soil Nutrition and Fertility Resources
27 Dec 2016 | Teacher Resources
Goals, purposes and objectives centered around a core concept (big idea):The goal of this project is to allow students to understand the roles of soil nutrients and how they affect plant growth and plant nutritional status.Objectives:Understand the roles of macronutrients...
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Field to Table Discussion Items
27 Dec 2016 | Teacher Resources
Goals, purposes and objectives centered around a core concept (big idea):Where exactly does my food come from: Field to table?Objectives:Understand the connection between our food and farmsDetermine the infrastructure necessary to transport foodUnderstand the costs...
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Plant Stresses
27 Dec 2016 | Teacher Resources
OverviewThis investigation introduces students to sources/types of plant stress and how plants deal/combat with stress.Also include emphasis on how plant stresses reduce yield quantity/quality; how does this affect the food supply?Talk about how growers help plants...
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Plant Measurements
27 Dec 2016 | Teacher Resources
This is a brief resource to assist students in deciding how best to measure plants and record data in their experiments.
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Geography and Water
27 Dec 2016 | Teacher Resources
Goal: To understand how geography and water quantity and quality impact food and fiber production.Objectives:To understand what an ecoregion is and how crops are impacted by weather, climate, and geography among various ecoregions.To understand how water stress impacts crop production.To conduct...
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Agronomy Feeds the World - Teacher's Guide
27 Dec 2016 | Teacher Resources
Premise: One in nine people in the world are hungry, and as the population expands to 9 billion by 2050, food production must rapidly rise to the challenge to reduce hunger. Although food is a basic need for mankind, fewer citizens today are aware of the process of food production and its...
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The Power of Sunlight - Supporting Materials
02 Sep 2016 | Teacher Resources | Contributor(s): plantingscience
This resource contains several files and three videos referred to in the Teacher's Guide.Please click on the "Supporting Docs" tab above to access all of the files and videos for this module.A supporting link to a video clip on chloroplasts and starch in this...
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C-Fern Module - Mentor's Tip Sheet
16 Jun 2016 | Mentor Resources
The purpose of this tip sheet is to help you as a scientist mentor anticipate and respond to students as they post online about their C-Fern® investigations.
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Celery Challenge - Mentor Tip Sheet
16 Jun 2016 | Mentor Resources
The purpose of this tip sheet is to help you as a scientist mentor anticipate and respond to students as they post online about their investigations on how water moves through plants, using celery.
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The Power of Sunlight - Toolkit
25 May 2016 | Teacher Resources | Contributor(s): plantingscience
The PlantingScience Power of Sunlight Toolkit provides background, materials lists, detailed procedures, and safety considerations for additional experimental methods related to photosynthesis and respiration. These tools can provide students the opportunity to ask a wider range of research...
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The Power of Sunlight - Student's Guide
25 May 2016 | Student Resources | Contributor(s): plantingscience
In this module, you will join a research team to ask questions about photosynthesis and cellular respiration, then carry out experiments to help answer these questions. You’ll create a team blog where you’ll post your ideas and share your data with a plant biologist, and share what...