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Reproduction and Development

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.

Christopher Wynder

Dr. Christopher Wynder

Director, Product Marketing

Dr. Christopher Wynder is the Director of Product Marketing for OpenText
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.

Timothy Burkhart

Query a Career Profile

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

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.

Seeds of a pomegranate fruit

Plant Reproduction

Learn about pollination and other forms of sexual reproduction in plants. And did you know that plants can also reproduce asexually?

Mitosis of kidney cells © Ian P Newton & Paul L Appleton [CC BY-SA 4.0], Wikimedia Commons

What is Mitosis?

Mitosis is an important part of cell division that helps organisms grow and repair themselves.

icon of embryo in hands

What if You Could Choose Your Baby?

Many people have had children using assisted reproductive technologies. But some of these medical biotech techniques can raise some ethical issues.

Cartoon mammoth

Should Scientists Clone Extinct Species?

Cloning makes it possible to bring extinct species back to life. But is that a good idea?

Fennel Seeds

Plants: Seeds

6 images of some seeds which are the fertilized part of a plant used for germinating new plants such as fennel, kiwis and pumpkins

Seed Germinating

Plants: Germination

6 images of some seedlings sprouting as one of the stages towards full plant growth