Table of contents - contents of each page

Home page - links to major sections.

Video Welcome - links to major sections.

Video Instructions - how to download QuickTime plug-in and how to install it.

QuickTime controls - how to operate QuickTime.

Instructions - how to use this site: navigation, discussion, quizzes, and Internet links.

Discussion - how to join in the online discussion.

Communication - how to ask questions and share feedback.

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Botany basics: introduction - monocots and dicots.

Plant life cycles - annuals, biennials, perennials.

Internal plant parts - tissues, totipotence, meristems.

External plant parts - roots, stems, buds, leaves, flowers, fruit, seeds.

Roots - structure.

Roots2 - types.

Roots3 - growth, roots as food.

Stems - terminology and resource links.

Stems2 - structure, monocots and dicots.

Stems3 - structure, nodes.

Stems4 - types of stems, special aboveground stems.

Stems5 - special below-ground stems.

Stems6 - propagation, stems as food.

Buds - location, buds as food.

Leaves - functions and structure.

Leaves2 - types, venation.

Leaf ID1 - plant identification, blade shapes, margin forms.

Leaf ID2 - identification by apex and base shapes.

Leaves3 - types, arrangements, leaves as food.

Flowers - structure.

Flower2 - types: perfect/imperfect, complete/incomplete.

Flower3 - inflorescences, how seeds form.

Flower4 - animation: pollination and fertilization.

Mini-movie

Fruit - structure, types.

Seeds - structure, germination.

Plant growth - photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration.

Photosynthesis - chlorophyll, energy processes.

Photosynthesis2 - role of light, carbon dioxide, temperature.

Respiration - energy processes.

Transpiration - regulators, role of leaf structures.

Transpiration process - animation of transpiration.

Mini-movie

Balancing act - requirements for plant growth.

Environmental factors - water, temperature, water, humidity, nutrition.

Light - quality and quantity.

Light2 - duration, plant periodicity.

Temperature - germination flowering, crop quality.

Temperature2 - breaking dormancy, hardiness.

Water - effect of humidity.

Nutrition - fertilizers, nutrient absorption factors.

Plants in community - ecology, succession, allelopathy, mycorrhizae.

Plant hormones - growth regulators, tropisms.

 

Activity pages

Discussion forum
List of quizzes

Cross reference pages

Glossary
List of figures and tables
Internet references