Investigating Plant Physiology with Wisconsin Fast Plants

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Download this 17-page booklet with several investigations that can be geared towards middle or high school students. Includes background information to support investigations inÂ three primary areas of plant physiology (how plants function): Nutrition, Tropism, and Hormone Response (using Gibberellic Acid). The nutrition and tropism experiments are particularly relevant for both middle school and high school students, while investigating hormone responses is a more advanced investigation.

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Alternate Title	Inquiries Into Nutrition, Tropism, and Hormone Responses with Fast Plants
Subject	Science -- Agriculture Science -- Biological and life sciences Science -- Ecology, environment Science -- General science Science -- Inheritance, genetics Science -- Physiology Science -- Process skills
Species	Brassica rapa
Phenotypic Trait	Rossette-dwarf Standard Tall plant
Genotype	ros
Media Format	Downloadable docs Text/HTML
Materials Development Era	Current (post-2000)
Resource Type	Instructional Material -- Activity (NSDL Type Vocabulary) Instructional Material -- Experiment/Lab Activity (NSDL Type Vocabulary) Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual (NSDL Type Vocabulary) Instructional Material -- Project (NSDL Type Vocabulary) Reference Material (NSDL Type Vocabulary)
Language	English
Audience	Educator Learner Professional/Practitioner
Education Level	High School Higher Education Middle School
Creator	Wisconsin Fast Plants Program
Contributor	Amy Kelley Lauffer, Hedi Baxter Wisconsin Fast Plants Program
Publisher	Wisconsin Fast Plants Program
Source	Wisconsin Fast Plants Program
Rights	Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5
Email Address	info@fastplants.org
Date Last Modified	2022-04-19 15:05:25
Classification	Educational Resources Brassica rapa Research Resources Educational Resources -- How to grow Fast Plants Brassica rapa Research Resources -- Research projects Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Middle School Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Secondary Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Undergraduate Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Middle School -- Current Middle Level Resources Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Undergraduate -- Current Undergraduate Level Resources Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Secondary -- Current Secondary Resources Educational Resources -- Grade Level: Secondary -- AP Biology Resource
NGSS Standard	NGSS.HS.LS1.3 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis. [Clarification Statement: Examples of investigations could include heart rate response to exercise, stomate response to moisture and temperature, and root development in response to water levels.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include the cellular processes involved in the feedback mechanism.] NGSS.MS.LS1.5 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms. [Clarification Statement: Examples of local environmental conditions could include availability of food, light, space, and water. Examples of genetic factors could include large breed cattle and species of grass affecting growth of organisms. Examples of evidence could include drought decreasing plant growth, fertilizer increasing plant growth, different varieties of plant seeds growing at different rates in different conditions, and fish growing larger in large ponds than they do in small ponds.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms, gene regulation, or biochemical processes.]

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