Brianna Lummerding
Career Profiles
Agronomic Innovation Manager
Let's Talk Food Resources
Backgrounders
Discover a set of resources curated to get you ready to discuss sustainable agriculture and food security.
Parts of a Plant
Backgrounders
What are the main parts of plants and what functions do these parts serve for plants?
Experiment with plants!
STEM Explained
List of hand-on activities connected to plants
The Life Cycle of a Tomato Plant
Backgrounders
Learn about the pollination, fertilization, germination and growth of tomato plants.
Needs of Plants
Backgrounders
Plants have specific needs - light, air, water, nutrients, and space - to survive and reproduce.
Seed Dispersal
Lessons
Students develop and apply the skills of observing, comparing, contrasting, sorting and classifying, to investigate how seeds move from place to place.
Plants: Growth
Picture Collections
10 images showing some stages of plant growth from planting to sprouts growing to harvesting
Plants: Human Use
Picture Collections
15 images of some products created by humans and are made from plants such as shelter, food and clothing
Plants: Parts
Picture Collections
12 images of some major parts of plants such as stems, roots, flowers and leaves
Plants: Seeds
Picture Collections
6 images of some seeds which are the fertilized part of a plant used for germinating new plants such as fennel, kiwis and pumpkins
Plant Life Cycle
Lessons
Students develop and apply the skills of observing, comparing & contrasting, and communicating as they explore life cycles of familiar plants.
Plants: Germination
Picture Collections
6 images of some seedlings sprouting as one of the stages towards full plant growth
Plants: Leaves
Picture Collections
15 images of some shapes and colours of plant leaves such as shamrocks, purple beech tree leaves and Japanese Maple tree leaves.