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Chapter 11: Plants

Rain Tree
Read about medicinal plants of the rain forest. Then conduct a search by Disorder/Action. Which plants are used for allegeries?

American Fern Society
Learn all about ferns at this site. In your own words, describe the life cycle of a fern.

Unit 2: Classifying Life

CELLS alive!
Use time-lapse technology to plot growth and cell division of bacteria.

Michigan State University
Vist Dirtland or Water World at the Microbe Zoo. How many microbes are found in an average gram of soil?

Busch Gardens
Create your own animal. Then, based on its characteristics, classify it in the Linnaean Classification System.

The Museum of Paleontolgy, University of California, Berkeley
Learn about the many different forms of life found on Earth. What do all living things have in common?