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PlantingScience.org About Student Teacher Scientist Projects Resources Welcome to PlantingScience Planting Science is a learning community where scientists provide online mentorship to student teams as they design and think through their own inquiry projects. Engaging in the science process and becoming familiar with science practices enhances science learning. The ability to collaborate, discuss, and reflect with scientists and peers opens new doors to motivate students, and builds necessary pathways for 21st century skills. How to Join Help us grow! Your contribution at any level will go directly toward increasing capacity to serve more teachers and students and it will help to sustain the program. Get a print copy of the book Inquiring About Plants: A Practical Guide to Engaging Science Practices by Uno, Sundberg and Hemingway with a donation of $30 or more. Donate Now Awards How can your class participate? Our teachers value an inquiry approach, integrate the three dimensions of the next generation science standards into their teaching, and bring technology into their school. Does this describe you? If so, please consider applying for an upcoming session. Apply by August 12 for the Fall 2016 Session Learn how to participate Interested in becoming a scientist mentor? Our scientists are concerned with improving science literacy, willing to donate their time to mentor students and excited to share their passion for the plant sciences. Want to help? We are looking for 100 new mentors for our Fall 2016 Session. Volunteer as a scientist mentor Are you a graduate student or post-doc? Consider joining our Master Plant Science Team. PlantingScience in Canada With help from the Canadian Botanical Association , PlantingScience is recruiting Canadian schools to participate. Learn more at plantingscience.org/canada.html PlantingScience Resources You will notice some icons and links on the student, mentor, and teacher pages. Check out our new Roadmap through an Investigation and the new Plant Investigation Toolkit for tips to help guide you through your plant science project. On our new Partners’ Links page you find many websites useful for teaching and learning about plants and about careers in the plant sciences. What Participants are Saying "I love this opportunity for kids. It is the best thing that I have to get kids interacting with a community of people trying to understand a small aspect of the world in a scientific way. It gets kids interested because they have choice in the question and design, they have opportunity to get their hands on stuff and use the computer to connect with people from around the country. How cool of a learning opportunity is that?" — Planting Science Teacher "It is a lot of fun interacting with students from an age group I do not have the chance to spend a lot of time with. It is a good reminder of where public knowledge of plant science stands, and a great opportunity for me to practice explaining key concepts in a simple and straightforward way." — Planting Science Scientist Mentor "I liked having the advantage to speak with scientists from other areas around the world and looking at other experiments being done by other students. This to me helped give my group and I more ideas for our experiment and it kind of showed us how we could improve ours and make it a little more detailed with less problems." — Planting Science Student Spring 2016 Star Team Projects These teams have been selected as our Star Project Award winners for Spring 2016. Take a look at previous Star Projects here. The Little Radicles Lawrence Central High School Indianapolis , Indiana How does temperature effect plant growth? Trojans GBSJ Greater Nanticoke Area High School Nanticoke , Pennsylvania How long will seeds grow without dirt? The Rock Lobsters Greater Nanticoke Area High School Nanticoke , Pennsylvania Do certain types of water affect plant growth? Science Divas Ferrell Girls Preparatory Academy Tampa , FL Can we grow c-fern in a controlled environment? The Seed Team St. Sebastian School Akron , Ohio Would putting the seed in a warm temperature in the day and a cold temperature in the night even out the temperature or effect the germination rate? #S.Q.U.A.D. San Francisco Friends School San Francisco , CA How will using a light from only a mirror effect a plant that’s in darkness? Muchas Grass-ias Loudoun School for the Gifted Ashburn , VA Do White Millet seeds compete or cooperate with each other while germinating and growing in high density? The Leafy Greens Hopewell Valley Central High School Pennington , NJ Is there a difference in the rate of photosynthesis between different leaves? Got Science? Derby High School Derby , KS Class Research Question: How does the amount of fertilizer affect quantitative and qualitative traits in the Brassica rapa? Specific Research Question: How does the concentration of fertilizer quantitatively affect the height of the Brassica rapa? superberries Bonhoeffercollege Castricum , The Netherlands What sort of plants are present in the tomb? Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies Marion Jr/Sr High School Marion , Michigan Does changing the seed coat of a Soybean Glycine Max seed affect how tall it grows? The Blooming Nasturtiums Marion Jr/Sr High School Marion , Michigan Do different colors of light affect the percent of germination of wheat seeds? Red? Blue? Regular bulb? GReeeN TeAM Alpharetta High School Alpharetta , GA Will our plants produce more purple or yellow stems? We had more yellow stems, most likely meaning our parent plant was heterozygous. ABC’s Greater Nanticoke Area High School Nanticoke , Pennsylvania Can seeds germinate with a magnetite field running through the dirt The Daily Bean Greater Nanticoke Area High School Nanticoke , Pennsylvania Would a plant grow faster under a flashlight than with sunlight? Mammals Greater Nanticoke Area High School Nanticoke , Pennsylvania Will different colors of plastic create a green house affect and affect the growth of seedlings. Human Beans San Francisco Friends School San Francisco , CA How does differing levels of ph in water affect the germination of seeds? Login User name Password Remember me Log in Problems? New Student? Sign Up! Online 29 anonymous users and 0 registered users online. You are an unregistered user or have not logged in. Page generated in 0.2...