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Unit 4: Reproduction (revised 2011)

Tomatosphere

Tomatosphere™

Through Tomatosphere™, your students will investigate the effects of outer space on the germination of tomato seeds. This is a hands-on program that builds scientific inquiry and experimentation skills.

Bee on flower

Can you artificially pollinate a flower?

Design and build an artificial pollinator.

Tomatoes of different shapes, sizes and colours

Tomato Taxonomy

A look at the taxonomic classification of the tomato plant and the origin, history and development of tomatoes.

Working at laptop with stethoscope on desk

Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources

A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!

Embryonic stem cells

Resources on Stem Cells

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to stem cells.

Research in a genomics lab

Genomics Resources

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to genomics.

Natasha Baker au travaille

Natasha Baker

Incubation, First Feed, and Fry Supervisor

Natasha Baker is an Incubation, First Feed, and Fry Supervisor for Northern Harvest Smolt Ltd. (Mowi Canada East).
Researcher with automation equipment

Helping Patients through Drug Discovery

Learn how researchers from Amgen are developing new drugs for cancer.

Timothy Burkhart

Query a Career Profile

Students will explore career profiles and relate them to what they are learning in science class.

Electrical power lines near a home

Does Living Near High-Voltage Power Lines Cause Cancer?

Learn about the risks of electromagnetic radiation near high-voltage power lines.

Beamline Assembly at TRIUMF

Exploring Canada’s Particle Accelerators

Particle accelerators have amazing applications - from growing food to making airplanes safe.

Package of seeds

Seeds and Germination

Learn what’s inside a tomato seed, how it travels, and all the things it needs to germinate and grow.

Maturation of tomato fruit

The Life Cycle of a Tomato Plant

Learn about the pollination, fertilization, germination and growth of tomato plants.

Bee on flower covered in pollen

Pollinators are Important!

Insects and other animals that are pollinators of plants play an important role in ecosystems.