BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Life Cycle of a Bean Plant
The lowly bean plant is a favorite subject for the study plant growth with younger students. This resource explains how to take care of a bean plant and the different stages of development it goes through.
Other
Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Biological Science
All about plants has information on plant parts--seeds, flowers, fruits, roots, and spores--and plant processes--seed dispersal, germination, pollination, and photosynthesis. You can also take a tour of this Los Angeles-based...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Plantenstein Is the Suspect!
Detective Le Plant has discovered that one plant can produce many other plants. He needs you to help him find out how this happens. Follow along and learn about the parts of flowers and reproduction. Along the way, you will be quizzed!
Project Britain
Primary Homework Help: Plant Reproduction Quiz
Brush up on the parts of plants before taking this interactive quiz. Check the box for each correct answer, and then see your final score.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: A Plant With Smarts
Not only are orchids tricky when it comes to being pollinated, they also have some tricks that help them survive in a competitive environment. Discover how orchids outwit insects to reproduce and how they have adapted to survive in their...
Other
Ny Botanical Garden: Fungal and Plant Diversity
Findings of an expedition by the New York Botanical Garden in French Guiana to investigate vegetation.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: Flower Structure
Site covers all aspects of plant reproduction such as life cycles, angiosperms and flowers. Provides links to other sites to aide in research.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Flowering Plant Reproduction: Fertilization and Fruits
Provides information and illustrations of the reproduction process in flowers. Learn more about flowers, double fertilization, seeds, fruit and vegetative propagation.
Other
Unusual Pollination: Bee Orchid
Some flowers have developed adaptations that lure insects to them for pollination. Visit this website to learn about the very unusual adaptations of the bee orchid.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Mendel's Pea Plants
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A breakdown of biologist Gregor Mendel's genetic experiments with pea plants to clarify controlling self and cross pollination.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Floral Arrangements
Explore a few of the ways plants pollinate each other in this video segment from Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Life Cycle of Angiosperms
Describes the characteristics of angiosperms, or flowering plants, the parts of the flower involved in reproduction, pollination, fertilization, and the production of fruit and seeds.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Plants
The Discovery Channel provides numerous lesson plans dealing with plants. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Some Genes Are Dominant
Learn about the principle of dominance as you watch animations showing Mendel's experiments with pea plants. Find out what happened when he crossed plants that produced green seeds with those that produced yellow seeds.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Genetic Inheritance Follows Certain Rules
Find out what happened when Mendel crossed two hybrid pea plants. The animations do a good job explaining why these crosses produce a 3:1 ratio of traits.
University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg: Deviations From Mendelian Laws And: What Is the Meaning of Dominance?
Upper level discussion of several of Mendel's experiments and laws.
Starfall
Starfall: All About Seeds
This lesson focuses on seeds and the plants they grow into. It includes kinds and sizes of seeds, pollination of plants, plant parts, how seeds travel, and what plants need to grow.
Education Development Center
Education Development Center, Inc: Weblabs: Mendel
Explore the genetics of plants discovered by Gregor Mendel in the nineteenth century. These interactives will walk users through the planting and growth of pea plants, possible combinations of plans to alter traits, predict the results...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Mendel's Pea Plants
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of Mendel's pea plant experiments.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Jonathan Driori: The Beautiful Tricks of Flowers
In this brillant talk, Jonathan Drori shows the amazing ways flowering plants have evolved to attract pollinators and discusses how plants reproduce in a variety of ways. [13:49]
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska State Museum: Pollen Detective: About Pollen
Twelve different species of plant pollen are highlighted in this engaging resource. For each plant you can view pollen as seen under two different kinds of microscopes. Reproductive cycles and physical traits used for identification are...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 10.23 Importance of Mammals
Learn about the importance of many mammals to humans.
Texas A&M University
Tamu: Aggie Horticulture: School Gardens
Teachers and students interested in finding information on how to start a garden in their school will find this site very helpful. This site, sponsored by the Department of Horticulture Sciences at Texas A&M University, includes a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Bird Ecology
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the diversity of bird habitats and food sources.