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Curated OER

Build Your Own Greenhouse

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study how to protect themselves and their things from the harsh Arctic weather by making a small greenhouse and testing its effects on temperature change. They discover the change in temperature between a thermometer inside the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Greenhouse" Sprouts Garden

For Teachers K - 8th
Students grow sprouts in soil inside clear plastic bags. They record and monitor the growth for five days, and present their findings to the class.
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden located in Blacksburg. If you click on the link "Photographs" you will see how two different gardens were constructed. Click on "What's Blooming" and get a beautiful...
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University of Florida

Fmnh: University of Florida Herbarium

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent site contains information on the University of Florida Herbarium located in Gainsville, Florida. The Herbarium offers five different collections of plants as well as an electronic library of plants.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Model Greenhouses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about the advantages and disadvantages of the greenhouse effect. They construct their own miniature greenhouses and explore how their designs take advantage of heat transfer processes to create controlled environments....
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Global Climate Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners learn how the greenhouse effect is related to global warming and how global warming impacts our planet, including global climate change. Extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and how we react to these changes are the main...
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Other

Denver Botanic Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents information on the Denver Botanic Gardens in Colorado. There are five different gardens within the larger structure, they are: the plant collections, the chatfield arboretum, the japanese garden, the tropical botanica,...
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Greenhouse Dinosaur Extinction Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive page discusses the Asteroid Impact vs. Volcano-Greenhouse dinosaur extinction debate. It was written by paleontologist, professor, and scientist Dr. Dewey McLean.
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Unit Plan
Language Guide

Language Guide: La Granja

For Students 9th - 10th
Colorful pictures model vocabulary relevant to the farm. Interactive pictures display the correct written word and play the correct Spanish pronunciation as the mouse is moved over the illustration.
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Other

Kumamoto University: Medicinal Plant Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the Medicinal Plant Garden located in Japan. The web page presents a list of all the plants the garden contains, and their pictures.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Hydroponics

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wanted to grow plants without soil? This site will give you seven techniques to do just this. Additionally, learn about the history of hydroponics, problems associated with hydroponics, and possible future uses.
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Other

Zilker Botanical Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the Zilker Botanical Gardens located in Austin, Texas. If you click on "Main Features, there will be descriptions of all the small gardens within the large garden. You can also check out pictures of the...
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Other

Mangolia Plantation and Its Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the Mangolia Plantation and It's Gardens located in Charleston, South Carolina. You can click on the link "The Gardens", and a new page will come up with pictures of the garden and with a description of...
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Other

Brooklyn Botanical Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the Brooklyn Botanical Garden located in New York. If you click on the link "Visiting," and then on the link "Explore the Garden," you can view any area of the garden. The pictures on the tour are...
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Handout
Texas A&M University

Texas Greenhouse Management: Handbook: Growing Media

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive list of growing media from the Texas A&M Dept. of Horticulture.
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Other

The Conneticut College Arboretum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains general as well as specific informaiton on The Conneticut College Arboretum. The site contains numerous links to learn more about the 750 acre arboretum in London, Conneticut.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Learn: The Greenhouse Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the greenhouse effect, with explanations about Earth's atmosphere gases referred to as greenhouse gases, and the factors that influence the heat-trapping ability of a greenhouse. All information is reinforced...
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Other

Botanical Garden at Gottingen

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the Botanical Garden at Gottingen University located in Germany. If you click on the sub-heading "Subjects and History",an English text will come up presenting further details on the garden.
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University of Washington

University of Washington: Medicinal Herb Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the Medicinal Herb Garden located in Seattle, Washington. It provides an index of herbs and a virtual tour of the garden.
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Other

Arab Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
While some of the pages on this site have yet to be filled, the pages that are complete are comprehensive. For example, pages on friction, heat, and the Doppler effect are illustrated and explain relevant formulas. A biography page...
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Other

Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. If you click on the link "virtual tour", a new page will appear with a map of the garden, and details about the contents in the garden.
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Other

The Dillon Garden: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents information on The Dillon Garden located in Dublin, Ireland. "The Garden" link explains the layout of the entire garden, and the "Photo Gallery" link gives you pictures of the garden to view.
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NC State University

Nscu: Centipedes and Millipedes

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief information on the diverse distribution of millipedes and centipedes thoughout the globe.
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Other

Ardastra Conservation Centre: Ardastra Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the Ardastra gardens and zoo in Nassau, Bahamas. If you click on the link, "The Gardens", a new page will appear telling about the exotic garden.