Environmental Extremes Plant Growth Kits
Research and discover how adverse environmental conditions affect the growth of plants!
Simulate acid rain, saline soil, drought, and erosion to display their impact on plants. Ideal for use during many courses: environmental studies to witness the adverse effects on organic substances, biology to see how factors affect the genetic makeup of plants, and agriculture to study how the environment affects yields. Through a series of eight experiments, students encounter hands-on projects and actively learn the scientific process. Instructor’s manual clearly explains the process for each experiment and includes reproducible student worksheets. Both kits include cylinders, flasks, stirring rods, soil, seeds, gloves, magnifiers, and much more. The Deluxe Kit also includes pH meters and digital scales. Recommended for Middle School and up.
Basic Kit includes:
- Stirring Rods
- Weigh Dishes
- Markers
- Graduated Cylinders
- Flasks
- Gloves
- Parafilm
- Rulers
- Cups
- Deli Containers
- Potting Soil
- Petri Dishes
- Seeds
- Sodium Chloride
- Construction Paper
- Masking Tape
- Paper Towel Roll
- Forceps
- Magnifiers
- Spoons
- Write-N-Wipe Boards
- Spray Bottle, 16 oz
- Alcohol Wipe
- Stainless Steel Scoop
- Instructor’s Manual w/ Reproducible Student Data Sheets
Deluxe Kit includes:
- All components of the Basic Pack
- Digital pH Meter Pen, 1 Ea
- Digital Scale, 1 Ea
Next Generation Science Standards*:
- MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a solution that reduces the impact of human activities on natural systems.
- MS-LS1-1: Develop and use a model to describe the structure and function of cells and their organelles.
- MS-LS1-5: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental factors influence the growth and development of organisms.
- MS-LS1-6: Use a model to describe how the body maintains homeostasis through feedback mechanisms.
- MS-LS1-7: Use evidence to explain how cellular processes are responsible for the structure and function of organisms.
- MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on individual organisms and populations.
- MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how the availability of resources and other factors affect populations in an ecosystem.
- MS-LS4-5: Evaluate the evidence for the theory of evolution by natural selection.
- HS-ESS3-4: Evaluate or refine a technological solution to reduce human impact on natural systems.
- HS-LS1-5: Use models to describe how cellular processes maintain homeostasis in an organism.
- HS-LS2-5: Evaluate the role of organisms in the cycling of matter and energy in ecosystems.
- HS-LS2-7: Design a solution to a problem related to the flow of energy and matter in an ecosystem.
- HS-PS1-6: Apply scientific principles to design and evaluate a process for the synthesis of new compounds.
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