Organization of Life

List of hand-on activities connected to plants

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to genomics.

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

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

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

Learn how and where osmosis takes place in the digestive system and excretory system and the role of osmosis in kidney dialysis.

What adaptations and processes do trees in northern climates have to survive winter?

Learn about the categories, or phylum, of the plant kingdom with examples from each.

Learn about the important plant functions of photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration

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

Plants need to exchange gases and water with their environment as part of photosynthesis. Some plant cells have evolved specifically for this purpose.

How do the green leaves of summer change to vibrant colours in fall? Explore plant pigments in this chromatography activity.

Temperature is an important part of life on Earth and life in space. This backgrounder explains what temperature is, how it affects people and how it is controlled on the International Space Station.