During this lesson students will be exposed the requirements of plants for growth. Students will have the opportunity to become familiar with each requirement for plant growth, and what effect that requirement has on the plant.

Plant and Soil Science covers topics such as plant classification, physiology, reproduction, plant breeding, biotechnology, and pathology. Students will learn about soil management, water, pests, and equipment as well as cultural and harvest practices.

This ChemMatters magazine article discusses the recent trend toward producing plant-based plastics, called bioplastics, from plants like sugar cane, potatoes and wheat as an alternative to using petroleum. It explains two types of bioplastics made from simple sugar molecules and discusses pros and cons of bioplastics for consumers and for the environment. It also includes an activity for students to make a compostable bioplastic.

This lesson highlights the types of tillage methods commonly employed in agriculture and draws a correlation between the type of method and the physical properties of the soil.

This resource is a power point presentation that will explain the basics plant biotechnology, describe the benefits of plant biotechnology and the regulatory framework for biotechnology.

This presentation is an overview of the various types of physical evidence that can be found at a crime scene and how they are used to help investigators. An accompanying student worksheet can be accessed at http://sciencespot.net/Media/FrnsScience/physevidwkst.pdf.

Students will try their best to pick the strains of the influenza virus that will be the most common or severe in 9 months.

Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Assessment questions and links to additional resources are included.

In this lesson plan, students arrange sets of cards to show their understanding of the process of biomedical research. Students see how basic research may lead to studies involving both animals and humans and may culminate in the availability of new treatments and medications.

In this activity, students will assume the functions of various cell organelles and RNA to simulate cell processes and protein synthesis. They will compete against other classes to determine which "cell" has the lowest time for creating six proteins.

This resource accompanies the activity "Protein Power Game". Students cut apart small cards to use to complete the chart that outlines the functions of each organelle as well as memory clues that can be used to help them remember the functions. It is not required for the game, but it serves as a useful pre-game review of the functions of cell organelles.

This resource contains the masters to use for the organelle necklaces for the activity "Protein Power Game".

This Power Point presentation accompanies the activity "Protein Power Game" and is used to introduce the game and to review the functions of cell organelles and the process of protein synthesis.

This resource shows the protein models students need to make during the activity "Protein Power Game".

This worksheet accompanies the activity "Protein Power Game" and includes background information and review questions.

This interactive animation shows the transcription process of RNA within the plant cell nucleus, followed by the movement of the single stranded RNA out of the nucleus where it is translated into proteins.

This resource offers rules of engagement from vocabulary to technology to handling difficult questions, and your nerves.

Students will build on previous lessons to design their own agriscience fair experiment. These experiments can be used in a class, school, or FFA contest. This experiment is Lesson 4 of 4.

Student groups will design and complete the building of a tower- discovering the importance of writing a procedure to help solve agriculture challenges through research and innovation. They will also explore different areas of agriculture and continue to build their knowledge through brainstorming and class discussions.

This short documentary describes the impact of the cloning of an adult mammal in 1997. Featuring archive footage and interviews from individuals who were apart of biotechnology history. The video explores the friction between science and politics, and what happens when a breakthrough is so tangible and profound that it provokes both our society’s highest hopes and greatest fears.