These extensions are brought to you by other teachers who have used this unit. They have not been evaluated by The Einstein Project.
Looked at various parts of plants, pollen, and a bee under a microscope. Students found this very interesting.
Acid rain tie-in
Plant/animal cell structures
Bee/flower models
Speaker: beekeeper
Videos: “The Evolution of Bees”
“A Bee’s Life”
Did some simple experiments before starting the “fast plants” to help students form a hypothesis. Otherwise they had difficulty forming an if/than statement.
Incorporated a biotechnology unit with it. We learned plant/ bee/cell basics, and then we continued with DNA, inheritance and then research/technology/society interactions.
