Related Links: Corn Competition
Videos, Web Pages, Books, and Peer-Reviewed Articles to Supplement Corn Competition Teacher's Guide
Resource Type | Resource | Notes |
Web Pages for Corn Seed and Educational Kits | ||
All Corn | Territorial Seed Company sells nearly thirty varieties of sweet and popping corn by mail, phone, or internet order; based in Oregon. Organic varieties are available. | |
Carolina BiokitsTM: Albino Corn | Educational kit available for purchase from Carolina Biosciences to demonstrate Mendelian genetics in corn plants. | |
Corny Genetics | Description of why corn is an excellent model system for studying genetics and middle school/high school level kits available for purchase from Carolina Biosciences. | |
Corn Seed | Gurney’s Seed & Nursery Co. sells twenty-one varieties of sweet, ornamental, popping, and dent corn by mail, phone, fax, or internet; based in Illinois. | |
Search results for corn | Fedco Co-Op Garden Supplies sells over thirty varieties of sweet, flint, and popping corn by mail, phone, or internet; based in Maine. Organic varieties are available. | |
Sweet Corn Seed | Burpee sells nearly two dozen varieties by mail, phone, or internet; based in Pennsylvania. Heirloom and organic varieties are available. | |
Web Pages for Corn Growth and Agriculture | ||
Corn Planting Map | Shows current, state-by-state progress of corn plantings based on USDA estimates, provided by AgWeb. | |
Growing Home Garden Sweet Corn | University of Georgia Cooperative Extension document C-905 provides information on growing sweet corn on a small scale, with tips for the Southeastern climate; by Robert R. Westerfield. | |
Growing Sweet Corn in the Backyard Garden | Colorado State University Cooperative Extension resource outlining how to grow sweet corn on a small scale and what to expect for harvest and taste; by Robert Cox. | |
National Corn Growers’ Association | Website for the major organization supporting US corn growers, with technical, economic, and policy information and related news. | |
Seed Development in Corn – A Monocot | Diagram showing corn seed morphology; part of a larger site for AP Biology lecture notes on flowering plant reproduction developed by a retired biology teacher. | |
Types of Corn | Short descriptions of the main varieties of corn, with review questions; by The Family Farm Project. | |
Visual Indicators of Germination in Corn | Photo and description of germination in maize seeds, including favorable and unfavorable environmental conditions; by R.L. (Bob) Nielsen, Purdue University. | |
Web Pages for Corn Genetics and Evolution | ||
The Other Green (R)evolution | Lesson on artificial selection as an evolutionary force, with a major focus on the domestication of corn. Includes outside references, discussion questions, and related lessons; by Understanding Evolution, University of California at Berkeley. | |
Scientists Trace Corn Ancestry from Ancient Grass to Modern Crop | Press release about federally-funded research using genetic methods to understand the domestication of teosinte, by the National Science Foundation. | |
Tracking the Ancestry of Corn Back 9,000 Years | New York Times article on the history of genetic and evolutionary research linking teosinte to modern maize, by Sean B. Carroll. | |
Weed to Wonder | A large website providing college-level information on the interactions between corn and humans throughout history and modern corn genetics, by DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. | |
Web Pages for Cultural Connections | ||
The MAiZE: World’s Largest Corn Maze Family | A large database where corn maize growers can share information and collectively plan events. Includes a map of corn maze locations in the US, Canada, UK, and Poland and teaching resources for class field trips. | |
Mitchell Corn Palace | Website for a regional multi-use center in Mitchell, SD having regularly changed exterior designs made out of corn and other grains. | |
The Story of Corn | Classroom activities, fact lists, and history of corn and human uses of it are provided for students. A set of teachers’ pages is also available; by Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area. | |
Videos | ||
Corn Germination (<0:20) | Time-lapse movies of germination in corn seeds. Part of the Plants-In-Motion website, by Roger P. Hangarter. | |
The Evolution of Corn (4:37) | Tour of Pioneer Hi-Bred diversity plots, including volunteer grasses, teosinte, and corn varieties from the 18th and 19th centuries along with corresponding agricultural practices; by NBCNews. | |
Time-Lapse Fast Growing Corn, Roots and Leaves Growing (0:36) | Time-lapse underground and above-ground video of corn seed germination and seedling growth, by mindlapse. | |
Books & Articles | ||
Grow the Best Corn | Bubel, N. 1981. Country Wisdom Bulletins A-68. North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, LLC. 32 pp. | |
An improved nutrient culture technique for growing corn under greenhouse conditions | Hageman, R.H., Flesher, D., Wabol, J.J., and D.H. Storck. 1961. Agronomy Journal 53(3): 175-180. | |
The Story of Corn | Fussell, B. 2004. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. 367 pp. |