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fastplants: Interdependence & Interactions can be modeled to teach ecology concepts with Fast Plants and Brassica butterflies http://tinyurl.com/nne4p9

fastplants: Want a good summer activity for learning about decomposition? Try building a decomp column from recycled bottles http://tinyurl.com/pyvmrz

fastplants: Looking for inheritance simulations that support inquiry by not revealing genotypes? We have several at http://tinyurl.com/lauenz

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True Leaves

Started by Jim Backus in Wisconsin Fast Plants in the Classroom - public, private and home-schools May 21.

Wondering about simulated bee sticks... 12 Replies

Started by CArol Ross-Baumann in Wisconsin Fast Plants in the Classroom - public, private and home-schools. Last reply by Teresa Strong May 15.

Biological principles demonstrated with Fast Plants 2 Replies

Started by Phillip Scott Alexander in High School and College Students Growing Fast Plants. Last reply by Phillip Scott Alexander May 13.

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Bioenergy Institute

We've been running some interesting experiments to find new ways that Fast Plants can be a model organism for understanding fundamental photosynthesis concepts. Biological and environmental literacy must include understanding our dependence on plants for life, and understanding photosynthesis is foundational for grasping how the world functions as an ecosystem. So, Fast Plants can be an important tool for making the invisible processes associated with those concepts more concrete.

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Posted by Wisconsin Fast Plants Program on June 7, 2009 at 8:54am

Homeschooling with Young Children

We are homeschoolers who have embarked on our first try with Fast Plants. My six-year-old and four-year-old each have their own bottle of plants in our homemade light box. I am keeping track of our activities here.

Posted by KittyMommy on February 26, 2009 at 12:11pm — 2 Comments

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Dan McDonnell commented on Wisconsin Fast Plants Program's video 'Timeline for Exploring Bioenergy with Fast Plants'yesterday

It looks like you use a program called Timeline. I had downloaded the demo version. do you find that the full version is worth it. I think the video should be slowed down for the slow readers that don't like to use pause. cool though.

Dan McDonnell, Sara Krauskopf and 7 other members joined Wisconsin Fast Plants Program's groupon Thursday

Bioenergy_FastPlants_GLBRC

We invite you to join this group of educators using Fast Plants for a special focus on designing lessons and materials that are relevant for understanding bioenergy concepts