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These helpful resources profile each Wisconsin Fast Plant seed stock and include growing tips, illustrations, and more.
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In just 72 hours, this activity gives students a concrete experience with variation in seedlings' observable traits that are explained by Mendelian inheritance.
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Who thought that a trip to the supermarket could help you understand the nature of diversity and speciation?
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Learn all about various species of brassica and their role in feeding the world!
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Explore the coevolution of bees and brassicas and how their symbiotic relationship promotes their survival.
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In this activity, your class will set up a simple bioassay to explore the effects that a substances have on seed germination.
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Learn how plastic bottles can be taken apart, cut, and connected so you can create the apparatus needed to try fascinating projects in the life sciences.
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In this hands-on project, your students will learn how to craft a microscope out of a 1-liter soda bottle.
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Dissection strips are useful in helping students manipulate their specimens for viewing under the microscope and provide a scaled reference to assist them in drawing to scale.
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What happens after plants pollinate? Explore the process of fertilization by observing the changes in your Fast Plants after they have been pollinated.
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After learning about interdependencies between a developing embryo, endosperm and maternal tissues, this activity will have students take Fast Plants through a complete life cycle—from sowing to harvesting.
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This hands-on experiment demonstrates the difficult concept of photosynthesis, using, among other things, baking soda and a drinking straw.
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This activity has a practical outcome of producing an abundant supply of Fast Plants for future classroom use and answers the question, "how many seeds can your students produce from each seed planted?"
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A "family approach" to investigating with rapid cycling Brassica rapa, Rbr, provides a rich and understandable introduction to the complexities underlying biological variation.
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In the spirit of Bottle Biology and low-budget science investigations, you and your students can use film wick pots and bottle reservoirs to raise your Fast Plants.
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Get a crash course on Fast Plants, including many of the key science concepts that are covered by these amazing plants.
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What is an easy way to create a hand lens that students can use for microexploration? An old film can, a soda bottle cap, and a few other low-cost items provide an economical answer.
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How do plants and flowers mate? How do bees play a part in it? Examine the process of pollination by making bee sticks, using them to pollinate your plants, and observing the results.
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Fast, Fun, and Easy!
