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Celery Challenge - Toolkit
30 Dec 2017 | Teacher Resources
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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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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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Corn Competition - Student's Guide
16 Jun 2016 | Student Resources
In this module, you will think about germination and plant growth by working to grow the tallest possible corn seedlings. After growing your plants, you will discuss what you learned with your classmates.
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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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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.
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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...
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More Resources for the Celery Challenge
16 Jun 2016 | Teacher Resources
Videos,WebPages,andPeer-ReviewedArticles toSupplementtheCeleryChallenge Teacher’sGuide
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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
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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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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The Power of Sunlight - Teacher's Guide
25 May 2016 | Teacher Resources | Contributor(s): plantingscience
Investigations in Photosynthesis & Respiration.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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Letter for School Authority to Sign
19 May 2016 | Teacher Resources
**For schools in the United States ONLY**Containing information on the PlantingScience online community, this letter is to be sent to main authority for your school or school district. In this letter we describe how secondary school teachers, students, and plant scientists work together in...
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The Wonder of Seeds - Mentor Tip Sheet
19 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 germination and seedling growth investigations.
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The Wonder of Seeds - Student's Guide
17 May 2016 | Student Resources
Investigations in Germination & Plant Growth
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Photosynthesis and Respiration Resources
12 May 2016 | Teacher Resources | Contributor(s): plantingscience
Videos, Web Pages, Books, and Peer-Reviewed Articles to supplement The Power of Sunlight Teacher’s Guide
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Teacher Handbook
09 May 2016 | Teacher Resources
Use this handbook to learn about PlantingScience and how to use it most effectively. Further, a review of this FREE resource from the National Academy of Sciences - Decoding Science - is a fantastic review of what science IS and what it means to DO science.
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Storyboard
09 May 2016 | Teacher Resources
Storyboarding consolidates evidence so students can consider how their data fits into their models. By sharing their stories and allowing others to question their conclusions, students learn to reconcile evidence as scientists do. This is sometimes referred to as scientific thinking.
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Using Microscopes
09 May 2016 | Teacher Resources
Using MicroscopesOne of the ways that technology has boosted science is by helping researchers observe objects that are normally too small or too far away to see. You won’t be using telescopes or binoculars to study plants, but microscopes can help you explore the cellular world. You...
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Imaging Technology
09 May 2016 | Teacher Resources
Imaging TechnologyIt is easy to know what to write in your lab notebook when making quantitative measurements. For instance, you simply record the reading from a balance when measuring plant mass. Still, science also involves collecting qualitative data. What is the best way to describe data...