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.

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.

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.

Celery Challenge - Toolkit

30 Dec 2017 | Teacher Resources

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!

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Celery Challenge - Student's Guide

16 Jun 2016 | Student Resources

In this module, you will think about transpiration, osmosis, and different cell types by trying to cause celery stalks to bend as much as possible. Carrying out several experiments while blogging with a plant biologist will help you develop ideas about these processes.

Celery Challenge - Teacher's Guide

16 Jun 2016 | Teacher Resources

Premise: Many students know that plants require water to live, but fewer understand the processes by which plants take up, transport, and release water. Although plants and plant organs clearly have different structures, students are often surprised to learn that all plant cells are not the...

More Resources for the Celery Challenge

16 Jun 2016 | Teacher Resources

Videos,WebPages,andPeer-ReviewedArticles toSupplementtheCeleryChallenge Teacher’sGuide

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...

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...

The Power of Sunlight - Teacher's Guide

25 May 2016 | Teacher Resources | Contributor(s): plantingscience

Investigations in Photosynthesis & Respiration.

The Power of Sunlight - Mentor Tip Sheet

25 May 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 photosynthesis &/or respiration investigations.

The Power of Sunlight - Mentor Tip Sheet

25 May 2016 | Mentor Resources | Contributor(s): plantingscience

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 photosynthesis &/or respiration investigations.

PlantingScience College Consent Form

19 May 2016 | Teacher Resources

This form needs to be completed for each college-age participant in a PlantingScience module. Signing this form grants PlantingScience the ability to use images and videos from student projects.

PlantingScience K-12 Consent Form

19 May 2016 | Teacher Resources

This form needs to be completed for each student participating in the PlantingScience online community.****Parental consent MUST be obtained for students 13 years of age and under.**Parental consent is NOT necessary for students over 13 years of age, and the students will need to...