Experiments with Plants tells 5th and 6th graders about plants—what they are, how they reproduce and grow how they add to scientific knowledge, and how they have influenced history. The book includes instructions on how students can grow plants without soil—hydroponically. One part of the book tells about many of the animals—not just bees—that pollinate plants, and why some plant and animal species team up better than others to accomplish this function. Other stories relate the contributions of pioneering plant geneticist Gregor Mendel, horticulturist and inventor George Washington Carver, and horticulturist Luther Burbank, as well as those of Thomas Jefferson.

(ISBN 1-978-933008-08-0)

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