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Dan Lauffer
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Dan Lauffer replied to Dick Willis's discussion Cross pollination techniques
"Hello Dick, This is a very good question. The purple anthocyanin pigment in the Purple stem hairy will act dominant over the green stem in the Non-purple hairless (anthocyaninless). By crossing the purple stem with the non-purple stem and…"
Nov 13, 2009
Dan Lauffer commented on Wisconsin Fast Plants Program's group Bioenergy_FastPlants_GLBRC
"Hi Eric, Thank you for the question. If you have specific district / state standards, course objectives, etc. that you would like to have in hard copy during the institute, please bring them along. We will have wireless access throughout the week…"
Jun 19, 2009
Dan Lauffer replied to CArol Ross-Baumann's discussion Wondering about simulated bee sticks...
"Hi Terasa, I am wondering if the yellow jacket was not dead. Do you know? Dan"
May 15, 2009
Dan Lauffer replied to Phillip Scott Alexander's discussion Biological principles demonstrated with Fast Plants
"Hi Scott, Congratulations on finishing your Senior thesis! -Dan"
May 9, 2009
Dan Lauffer replied to Eric Hall's discussion Scientific Explanations in the group Bioenergy_FastPlants_GLBRC
"Hi Eric, I am going to try to upload the power point presentation I presented for the RET work. If you are not able to download it, let me know and we will figure out another way to send you the information. Looking forward to seeing you and your…"
Apr 28, 2009
Dan Lauffer replied to CArol Ross-Baumann's discussion Wondering about simulated bee sticks...
"Hi Carol We have never heard about the stingers aggravating students with allergies. One suggestion that will make the beesticks easier to make is to place a moist piece of paper towel in the container with the bees overnight (or for a few hours).…"
Apr 21, 2009
Dan Lauffer replied to Amy's discussion Pollinating with Bee sticks - Help!
"Amy, great questions. The Fast Plants flowers can be pollinated as many times as you would like. On average, each flower has the potential to reproduce for about 5 days after it has opened. It does not matter where your students start pollination.…"
Apr 15, 2009
Dan Lauffer replied to Amy's discussion Pollinating with Bee sticks - Help!
"Hi Amy, The time for pollination is when your plants are in flower. We have found that pollinating every other day for 2-3 pollinations works well for seed production. Some teachers will pollinate everyday for 3 -4 days to be sure every flower is…"
Apr 14, 2009

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What is your experience with growing Fast Plants?
I've been growing Fast Plants more than five years!
Please describe yourself (in the education world). IMPORTANT NOTE: Any student MEMBER of the network MUST be over 13 years old.
other
Please describe the average grade level of those who use Fast Plants with you. IMPORTANT NOTE: Any student MEMBER of the network MUST be over 13 years old.
teachers, general public
Please describe the setting(s) in which you use Fast Plants the most.
Individual Project, Public School, Private School, Home School, Museum
What is the name of the school or university that you attend or teach/work?
University of Wisconsin, Madison

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At 7:32am on April 7, 2008, Dan Lauffer said…
Hi Carolyn,

It was great to see you as well. We look forward to seeing your data on this new network. Please pass on the information regarding the network to anyone you know using Fast Plants. Our goal is to increase the membership as quickly as possible to keep the discussion threads going and meet the needs of our diverse audience.
Take care and I hope that Spring has made to Indiana!
Dan
At 7:23am on April 7, 2008, Carolyn Hayes said…
It was good to see you in Boston. Just got an email from a teacher wanting more info on Fast Plants and I came back to the website and found this new network. What a great idea. I will definitely share my population experiments ideas soon. Carolyn
At 12:11pm on March 31, 2008, Dan McDonnell said…
just don't have a pict of my self on this machine. I will let Mercy and Barb know about Kelly. Did you get an email address for her? I made this page a homepage tab so I will check it now and then. But I am not a Myspace type person. talk later.
BTW Storms Balls
 
 
 

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