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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. MPST - American Phytopathological Society

    11 Jul 2019

    The Master Plant Science Team is designed to provide compensation for 1 graduate student or post-doctoral researcher who makes a substantial contribution as an online scientist mentor. To support your extra efforts, there are extra benefits and support systems.

  4. Agronomy Feeds the World - Mentor's Guide

    30 Aug 2018

    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...

  5. Mentor Tip Sheet - Pollen and Pollination

    30 Aug 2018

    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.

  6. MPST - The American Society of Agronomy/Crop Science Society of America/Soil Science Society of America

    04 May 2018 | Mentor Resources

    The Master Plant Science Team is designed to provide compensation for a cohort of graduate students who make a substantial contribution as an online scientist mentor. To support your extra efforts, there are extra bene ts and support systems.

  7. 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!

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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.

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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. 

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. 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...

  18. MPST - Ecological Society of America

    21 Jul 2016 | Mentor Resources

    The Master Plant Science Team is designed to provide compensation for a cohort of 5 graduate students who make a substantial contribution as an online scientist mentor. To support your extra efforts, there are extra bene ts and support systems.

  19. MPST - Canadian Botanical Association

    21 Jul 2016 | Mentor Resources

    The Master Plant Science Team is designed to provide compensation for a cohort of 5 graduate students and post-doctoral researchers who make a substantial contribution as an online scientist mentor. To support your extra efforts, there are extra bene ts and support systems.

  20. MPST - American Society of Plant Biologists

    21 Jul 2016 | Mentor Resources

    The Master Plant Science Team is designed to provide compensation for a cohort of 12 graduate students and postdocs who make a substantial contribution as an online scientist mentor. To support their extra efforts, there are extra benefits and support systems.

  21. MPST - Botanical Society of America

    21 Jul 2016 | Mentor Resources

    The Master Plant Science Team is designed to provide compensation for a cohort of 20 graduate students and post-doctoral researchers who make a substantial contribution as an online scientist mentor. To support your extra efforts, there are extra benefits and support systems.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. 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...

  25. 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...

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