Resources
Plants as Chemical Factories
These teachers' notes from Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS) describe how students can investigate the trichomes on the surface of vascular plants, including hairs and glandular hairs, using a microscope.
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Plants Fight Back - Physical and Chemical Defences in Plants
One of a series of articles for post-16 students published by Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS). Plants attacked by herbivores or pathogens respond by synthesising additional physical and chemical defences and so increasing their resistance to subsequent assaults. The induced defences are initiated close to the...
Plants for food and fuel
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Plants are essential for our food and fuel. In these articles debate the potential of hydroponic farming, the role of genetically modified crops and alternative fuels. |
Plants for health
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We’re already familiar with growth of vaccines in eggs but could plants help us to produce vaccines effectively and more cheaply? What other properties of plants might offer solutions for improved health? ... |
The resources in this collection provide a wide variety of detailed activity ideas for investigating plants. Linking to the areas of life cycles, habitats, food chains and recycling and the structure and function of a plant, they offer many opportunities for the development of working scientifically. Resources,...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Plants in Our Lives
In this topic, from the Association for Science Education, students learn about the many products obtained from local plants. The topic is designed to allow classes in schools across the world to exchange information about the ways in which their lives depend on plants. The topic also provides opportunities for...
Plants in Their Natural Environment
This resource, aimed at primary level, contains many activities related to plants, habitats, food chains and recycling. It looks at the features of different habitats and compares the plants that grow in each. Children learn about the features of plants and how certain...
This is a series of illustrated books on science themes. Each title covers, in brief text and attractive and informative full-colour illustrations, aspects of the selected subject which will stimulate your readers to think for themselves and find out more about the world of science in all its variety.
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