Knowplants.org - your source for plant science education and outreach
This primary goal of this website is to act as a repository for on-line resources that can be used for plant science education or outreach. If you have developed a resource that could be used for this purpose or you know a webpage that needs to be included here, please feel free to email us.
Plant science web directories
- ❖UN Lincoln AgNIC - A comprehensive searchable list of plant science websites
- ❖kid friendly version of the above resource
- ❖Scott's botanical list - very comprehensive categorised collection of plant science websites
- ❖Botany directory listings
Plant species databases
Comprehensive databases
- ❖USDA Plants Database - Search for information about a plant species of your choice or plant species in your state and more...
- ❖Neoflora - [DEAD LINK!] Claims to be the world's largest plant database
- ❖Dave's Garden - Look up information about a plant species of choice (has links to commerical seed vendors)
- ❖UConn Plant database - Search for plant species with traits you like (e.g. evergreen shrub with yellow flowers)
- ❖Database of plant databases - Search for plant databases by name or content
- ❖USDA Forest service plant database - Search for information about a plant species of choice by name or trait
- ❖International plant names index - Search and download plant information in different formats
Specialized databases
- ❖Crop database - an alphabetic list of crop plants and information about them
- ❖Plant Care - Database of indoor plants and information on plant care
- ❖Conifers - Database of gymnosperms (non flowering plants)
- ❖Carnivorous plants - Database of carnivorous plants by International Carnivorous Plants Society
- ❖Poisonous plants - List of poisonous plants and symptoms from Cornell University
- ❖Tropical plants - List of tropical plants (The Amazon plants)
- ❖Plants for a future - Search information about useful plants by name or use (informative, but no images)
- ❖Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical databases - Searchable databases to identify plants producing phytochemicals having specific activities (e.g. anti cancer compounds, antioxidants)
Native / invasive plant databases
United States
- ❖Plant species in your state - Arizona (in progress) - California - Florida - Illinois - Iowa - Maine - Michigan - Minnesota - Oklahoma - Oregan - South Carolina - Texas - Washington - Wisconsin
Canada
Other
Weed Identification guides
- ❖Poison Ivy, Summac and Oak
- ❖Facts, Pictures and info (by Jim Dunphy) - user submitted pictures and identification
- ❖Medicinenet - Identification and remedies
- ❖Poison-ivy.org - Seasonal images, Identification poster and control services
- ❖UFL's extension page - diagrams and descriptions of all three plants
- ❖Bay Area Medical Information - pictures and info on all three plants
Herbaria and Institutes
- ❖Herbaria directory - Searchable directory from the New York botanical gardens (The search engine is not very friendly; e.g. recognises 'U.S.A', but not 'USA').
- ❖Additional directories
- Careers in plant science
- Teaching resources
K-12
- ❖Plants for kids - A list of websites providing information about plant science; aimed at kids
- ❖SAPS - Science and Plants for Schools; initiative between scientists and teachers to improve plant science education
- ❖Scholastic - Books about plants
- ❖MN Dept of Natural resources - Activities for teaching plant science
- ❖Teachnology - Plant science themes
- ❖Education World - Teaching plant science
- ❖Proteacher - Plant science teaching activity ideas
- ❖Boring botany - How to make botany interesting to students?
- ❖Songs for teaching - A song about plants and animals
- ❖emints - List of useful plant science teaching resources on the internet
- ❖Mad Scientist Network - Teachers/Students can ask questions about science
- ❖ASPB Education foundation - List of resources including some excellent radio shows and podcasts
- ❖Virtual herbarium (CSU, Aus) - Nice resource to learn leaf structure, has pictures of different types of leaves
- ❖Supermarket botany - nice teaching resource to help teach plant parts. incl. work sheets as well.
- ❖Ticklemeplant - Buy gift packs of 'tickleme' plant (Mimosa pudica).
- ❖UC, Davis - SEED curriculum for grade school
- ❖Plant Biology for kids - nice list of plant biology resources aimed at kids (suggested by a Fourth grade student)
- ❖Serenata Flowers - Guide to Pollination
Science Fair Projects
Undergraduate Education
- ❖National Biological Information Infrastructure - List of categorised teaching resources for botany (check links on the left side)
- ❖Classical Genetics Simulator - simulates genetics inheritance including linkage over generations; customizable teaching tool.
Arabidopsis teaching resources
- ❖PREP (Virginia Tech) - Online lab notebook, promotes communication between scientists and high school techers, students
- ❖Enhancer trap lines - Different tissue-specific expression patterns useful for teaching (Geisler et al. 2002. Plant Physiology)
Gardening/Urban plants
Multimedia
Photos
- ❖Dennis Kunkel Microscopy - Nice collection of micrographs of plants (strictly requires written permission before use even for educational purposes)
- ❖FotoSearch - A collection of searchable images (includes lots of non-scientific images which may be useful for a presentation)
- ❖CanStockPhoto - offers professional royalty free stock images starting at $1. might require free membership for lower price.
- ❖Flowerinfo - beautiful pictures of a number of flowers and background information about flower types/groups.
- ❖Cells - a collection of high resolution images of plant cells and organelles from the Danforth Plant Science Center
Videos
- ❖PBS teacher source - Collection of videos and techer guides (Select age category and subject to see the list of materials)
- ❖Library video - a collection of plant science videos for purchase (different choices available for different age groups/purpose)
Animations
- ❖Wisconsin on-line - collection of learning objecs (animations) that can be used for teaching (requires free registration and permission to use)
- ❖U Alberta Instructional multimedia - Animations about botany, cell biology, genetics, microbiology etc.
- ❖Cells alive - a collection of interactive images, animations and videos of cells and microbes (includes a plant cell too)
- ❖Science Optics - Zoom in from space to the nucleus of a carbon atom in the DNA of an oak tree's epidermal cell in Florida! (Cool?)
Games
- ❖Planet Biotech - a suite of three interactive games to learn about plant biotechnology (under development)
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