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Reproduction Bees & Brassicas: A Partnership in Survival - (104K PDF file) Why do bees need brassicas? Explore the relationship between bees and brassicas, and how and why they came to coevolve. Flowering and Pollination - Pollination Biology - (440K PDF file) How do plants and flowers mate? How do bees play a part in it? Examine the process of pollination by making your own bee sticks, pollinating your plants and observing the results. The Hunt for Glucose - (52K PDF file) How can you prove that a flower really produces nectar? You can find the flower's "treasure' in this activity, using glucose enzymatic test strips, toothpicks, tape and various other materials. Pollen Germination and Fast Plants(TM) - (36K PDF file) How long would it take to stimulate pollen from a Fast Plant to germinate in a sucrose-salt solution? Find out in this exercise using materials like sugar, salt, Fast Plant flowers and a compound microscope. Double Fertilization - (132K PDF file) What happens after plants pollinate? Explore the process of fertilization by observing the changes in your Fast Plants(TM) after they have been pollinated. Embryogenesis - Going for the Globular - (176K PDF file) How does an embryo develop into a seed? Dissect and explore the developmental stages of embryogenesis in Fast Plants(TM) and se for yourself. Hormone Induced Parthenocarpy - (32K PDF file) Test three plant hormones / groth regulators for their ability to produce parthenocarpy (induction of seedless fruits) in Fast Plants(TM). |
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