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Challenging Plants: Plant Science

Description

An understanding of the structure and function of plants, the movement of materials through them and the chemical reactions that happen within them helps scientists to exploit the potential of plants.

Type of Activity

independent

Audience

TeacherStudent

Age Group

14 to 18 years

Subjects

Agricultural applications Chemicals as energy resources Sustainability Green chemistry Dealing with waste Supported self study Numeracy Kinetic theory & particle model Diffusion Solutions Group 1 Alkali metals Group 2 Alkaline Earth metals Group 3: boron-thallium Group 4: carbon Group 5: nitrogen-bismuth Group 5: nitrogen Group 6: oxygen-polonium d-block/Transition metals and compounds Entropy & free energy Mixing & dissolving Burning Redox The rate equation/expression/law Reactions approaching equilibrium Photochemistry Partition equilibria Second law of thermodynamics Gibbs energy, G Nucleic acids Nucleic acid monomers Monosaccharides Polypeptides & proteins Enzymes Other biologically important molecules Metabolism chemistry Materials from the lithosphere Materials from the atmosphere Materials extracted from plants Materials made from vegetable products Occurrence, abundance, distribution, location, recovery of materials from the environment Crust & inner zones Biosphere Weathering & erosion Deposition Sedimentary rock formation Soils Petroleum geology

Credits

This resource was developed by Reckitt Benckiser

Challenging Plants: Pedagogical Overview

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 3 pages

Plant Science Linking Diagram

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 1 pages

Plant Experiments Linking Diagram

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 1 pages

Plant Structure and Function

Resource Type: Handout

Why Plants Need Nutrients

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 1 pages

Signs of Nutrient Deficiency

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

An Introduction to Nutrient Cycles

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Carbon Cycle

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Nitrogen Cycle

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Phosphorus and Sulfur Cycles

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Making Compost

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Transport through Plants and Plant Cells

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Transport in Flowering Plants

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 4 pages

Why Passive Diffusion Happens – Entropy Considerations

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Why Passive Diffusion Happens – Free Energy Considerations

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Rate of Passive Diffusion

Resource Type: Handout

Photosynthesis: An Introduction

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Photosynthesis

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Rubisco and C₄ Plants

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Harvesting Light

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Rate of Photosynthesis: Limiting Factors

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

Rate of Photosynthesis: Environmental Factors

Resource Type: Handout

Duration : 2 pages

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An overview of how teachers can use the huge amounts of information, worksheets and experiments available in the Challenging Plants series of resources.

LINKED RESOURCES

Challenging Plants: Phytomanagement

Challenging Plants: Fertilisers

Challenging Plants: Products from Plants

Challenging Plants: Soil Science

Challenging Plants: Fertilisers

Challenging Plants: Introduction/Pedagogical Overview

Challenging Plants: Phytomanagement

Challenging Plants: Plant Science - Practicals

Challenging Plants: Products from Plants

Challenging Plants: Soil Science

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Challenging Plants: Plant Science

Description

Type of Activity

Audience

Age Group

Subjects

Credits

Challenging Plants: Pedagogical Overview

Resource Type: Handout

Plant Science Linking Diagram

Resource Type: Handout

Plant Experiments Linking Diagram

Resource Type: Handout

Plant Structure and Function

Resource Type: Handout

Why Plants Need Nutrients

Resource Type: Handout

Signs of Nutrient Deficiency

Resource Type: Handout

An Introduction to Nutrient Cycles

Resource Type: Handout

Carbon Cycle

Resource Type: Handout

Nitrogen Cycle

Resource Type: Handout

Phosphorus and Sulfur Cycles

Resource Type: Handout

Making Compost

Resource Type: Handout

Transport through Plants and Plant Cells

Resource Type: Handout

Transport in Flowering Plants

Resource Type: Handout

Why Passive Diffusion Happens – Entropy Considerations

Resource Type: Handout

Why Passive Diffusion Happens – Free Energy Considerations

Resource Type: Handout

Rate of Passive Diffusion

Resource Type: Handout

Photosynthesis: An Introduction

Resource Type: Handout

Photosynthesis

Resource Type: Handout

Rubisco and C4 Plants

Resource Type: Handout

Harvesting Light

Resource Type: Handout

Rate of Photosynthesis: Limiting Factors

Resource Type: Handout

Rate of Photosynthesis: Environmental Factors

Resource Type: Handout

LINKED RESOURCES

ALSO OF INTEREST

Rubisco and C₄ Plants