BSA Suggested Websites
Young People's Plant Sites |
K-12 Resources |
Undergraduate Resources |
Career and Funding |
Some BSA Member Sites of Special Interest |
Journals, Newsletters, Blogs, & Discussion Boards |
Fun for Everyone - Images, Gardens, & More |
Updated 8 Nov. 2007. If you would like to suggest a resource,
please email us at bsa-manager@botany.org
Young People's Plant and Science Sites
- AgNIC- Youth Plant Science WEB Resources
- "Biomes of the World"- Missouri
Botanical Garden
- Climbers and Creepers - games and online fun by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Dragonfly Web Pages
- Eco-Sensor Web - live data from the National Botanic Garden, Ireland with online tours and elementary-level activities
- Flora Delaterre, The Plant Detective -
learn about medicinal plants and listen to radio audio clips
- Focus on Forests -
from World Land Trust
- Fun Facts about Fungi
- Fun with Lichens
- Junior Master Gardener
- "KIDS ONLY"- Canadian Botanical Conservation Network
- Kids Stuff on Plants -California Native Plant Society
- Kid's Valley Webgarden - K-5 page on growing plants, understanding flowers, veggies, herbs, shrubs and more
- Kid's Web - puzzles, games about fertilizers
- Meet the Plant Parts - build a salad, presented by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Photosynthesis, Energy and Life - an elementary school science site
- Science 4 Kids - from USDA (click on parts of the large picture!)
- Plant Watch - part of Canada's Nature Watch citizen science programs
- The Great Plant Escape - a clever chapter for 4th and 5th graders, 6 activities and a teacher's guide
- The Science of Gardening - from the Exploratorium
- US Department of Agriculture for Kids
- Young Naturalist's Page - a focus on plants of Florida
- Fact Monster - includes science(!)
- The WWW Virtual Library: Science Fairs - search science fair projects
- Try Science -
a gateway to science centers and online activities
- NASA 2007-2008 Engineering Design Challenge -
Build and Test Lunar Plant Growth Chambers
K-12 Resources
Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Resources
- Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
- Canadian Botanical Society Teaching Section
- The Cuticle Database
- Bryophyte Ecology
- MORPH Research Coordination Network - links to literature, labs, and grants in plant evolutionary developmental biology
- Photographic Atlas of Plant Anatomy
- Plant Bioinformatics Portal of the BIC-GH
- Plant Systematics
- Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Pages
- Cal's Plant of the Week
- from OU's greenhouse
- Tree of Life
- Virtual Plants: 3D Measurement and Simulation of Morphogenesis
TEACHING RESOURCES, STRATEGIES,
AND TOOLS
- AAAS - BioSciEdNet (BEN) - portal to lessons, images, and other teaching resources
- Active Learning Site Home Page - resources for active learning in college classrooms
- AIBS - Action Bioscience - lessons and essays
- Biological Science Curriculum Study - a leader in inquiry-based science education and professional development
- BioQUEST Curriculum Constortium - problem-based and case-based learning
- BioQUEST Botany 2007 Symposium - downloadable presentations and resources for problem-based plant biology from the 2007 BSA Education and Outreach Forum
- LabWrite - tutorial for student lab reports
- Ecological Society of America's Education Resources - syllabus exchange and much more
- MERLOT Biology Portal - teaching tips and learning resources
- National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science - cases and strategies for teaching with cases
- National Digital Science Library - searchable K-12 and higher education resources
- Plant Genome Research Outreach Portal - searchable comprehensive list of programs and activities
- Project Kaleidescope - alliance to build strong learning environments for undergraduates
- Starting Point - Teaching Entry Level Geoscience - comprehensive guide to course design, assessment
- OER Commons - Open Educational Resources for a worldwide learning network
- Moodle - open source course management software
TEXTBOOK LINKS
- BOTANY Online - The Internet Hypertextbook
- Biology of Plants, 7th edition Raven, Evert, & Eichhorn
- Plant Physiology, 4th Edition Online - Taiz & Zeiger
- Plant Systematics Instructors Website - Simpson
- Principles of Botany - Uno, Storey, & Moore
LINKS TO LITERATURE AND DATABASES
ONLINE
- Internet Directory for Botany (IDB) by Raino Lampinen, S. Liu, A. R. Brach & K. McCree
- Botanicus
- historical botanical literature accessible online from Missouri Botanical Garden
- Plant Genome Database
- resources for plant comparative genomics
- National Agricultural Library - AGRICOLA Article Citation Database - powerful literature database
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) - access GenBank, Blast, and more
- National Library of Medicine - PubMed Article Citation Database
- MedLine access to authors, titles and abstracts
- Internet Guidepost
for Plant Production - extensive botany and agriculture WWW site
- World-Wide
Web Virtual Library: Botany part of the W3
World-Wide Web Virtual Library
- BioAgMed
INFOMINE - encyclopedic site, searchable by keywords or index
directories
- The Mining Company's Botany
site - links to lots of sites
- PlantSCIENCEnetBASE - new plant science titles
- Amazing Environmental Organization
Web Directory - directory and database to environmental biology
resources
Career and Funding
HOW TO FIND UNIVERSITIES, PROGRAMS, AND PEOPLE ON THE WEB
- University Home Pages
- Study abroad
Graduate Studies Programs
Postdoctoral Programs and Association
Programs and Associations for Increasing Diversity in Science
Email Directories
STUDENT FUNDING SOURCES AND GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
Some BSA Member Sites of Special Interest
From Dr. Peter Wilf, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan:
- Manual of Leaf Architecture by the Leaf Architecture Working Group (Amanda Ash, Beth Ellis, Leo Hickey, Kirk Johnson, Peter Wilf, and Scott Wing). The Manual can be downloaded in pdf format from a server at Yale
From Dr. Joe Armstrong, ISU:
Journals, Newsletters, Blogs, and Discussion Boards
Electronic Editions of Selected Journals, links to indexes:
Newsletters:
Science Blogs:
Plant Discussion Groups:
Fun for Everyone
Find a Plant or Learn More About Specific Plants
Image sites
Botanical Gardens, Herbaria, and Natural History Museums
Native Plant Groups
Gardening Sites
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