Student Resources

For teachers unfamiliar with WebQuests, please refer to items 6, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, and 25.

1. Access Excellence Resource Center (n.d.). Ethnobotany reference articles. Retrieved August 20, 2001, from http://www.accessexcellence.com/RC/Ethnobotany/.

The Access Excellence site is an excellent resource for all scientific reference material. The Resource Center contains several articles about ethnobotany, which are most easily accessible through a site search with the keyword "Ethnobotany." The Access Excellence site can also direct you to other ethnobotany and botany links.

2. Atwater, James E. (1996). Advanced Life Support: Food Production. Retrieved August 20, 2001, from Oregon State University site: http://ucs.orst.edu/~atwaterj/LifeSupport.html.

This Web site offers a wide range of links to research life support topics.

3. Chan, Sammy. (1996). NFT Growing Systems. The Science Teacher, November, 46-49.

Article describing a process science teachers can use to inexpensively perform experiments on photosynthesis.

4. Christensen, PH.D., Alexander F. (2001). About.com's Anthropology: Ethnobotany links and resources. (n.d.) Retrieved August 20, 2001, from http://anthropology.about.com/cs/ethnobotany/index.htm?iam=dpile&terms=%2Bpl ants+%2Betl.

This resource was retrieved through a search engine with the keywords "plants" and "ethnobotany." It contains several links to articles that are helpful in describing ethnobotany. It also contains several links to other botanical pages.

5. Clay-Poole, Ph.D., Scott T. (2001). Ethnobotany and Cultural Resources of the Washington State Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 20, 2001, from the Environmental Affairs Office, Washington State Department of Transportation Web site: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/environmental/programs/culres/ethbo t/Ethnobotany.htm.

Offers a wide variety of links to pages describing a long list of herbs, shrubs, trees, conifers, ferns and fern-allies, and lichens based upon their habitat, physical structure, and use from a scientific standpoint.

6. Fullerton Arboretum Teacher's Vocabulary and Resources. (n.d.) Retrieved August 20, 2001, from the Fullerton Arboretum Web site: http://arboretum.fullerton.edu/grow/primer/cycle.asp.

This resource offers students several pages from which they can draw information about the plant life cycle, plant types, plant needs, adaptation, the water cycle, plant reproduction, flower anatomy, seasons, and vocabulary.

7. Irwin, Rebecca. (1998). The General Life Cycle of Plants. Retrieved from The University of Tennessee at Martin Web site: http://www.utm.edu/~rirwin/plantlifecycle.htm.

Provides a graphical depiction of the plant life cycle.

8. Kiple, Kenneth F., Kriemhild Conee Ornelas. (2001). Contents: The Cambridge World History of Food. Retrieved August 20, 2001, from The Cambridge World History of Food Web site: http://www.cup.org/books/kiple/contents.htm.

The Cambridge World History of Food has a long list of articles about different types of plants used for food and their significance to the human diet.

9. Laws, B.A., S.L. Foerg. (1991). Early Human Testing of Advanced Life Support Systems, Phase II and III. Paper presented at the 21st International Conference on Environmental Systems San Francisco, California, July 15-18, 1991.

Introduction to Life Support Testing.

10. Lee, Choul-Gyun and Bernhard O. Palsson. (1994). High-Density Algal Photobioreactors Using Light-Emitting Diodes. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 44, 1161-1167.

Using algal cultures to produce O₂, reduce CO₂, purify water, and produce pharmaceuticals, pigments and carbohydrates.

11. Miller, R.L., C.H. Ward. (1996). Algal Biogenerative Systems. Karl Kammermeyer (Ed.), Atmosphere in Space Cabins and Closed Environments. (pp. 187-222). New York: Appleton-Century-Croft Pub. Div., Meredith Publishing Company.

Waste reduction, CO₂ reduction, O₂ production for extended advanced life support processes in a closed system.

12. Moerman, Dan. (2001). Native American Ethnobotany Database: Foods, Drugs, Dyes, and Fibers of Native North American Peoples. Retrieved July 16, 2001, from the University of Michigan-Dearborn Web site: http://www.umd.umich.edu/cgi-bin/herb.

Database of broad topics and plants and uses. Example: Search: "medicine," result: 50 plants that can be used for medicinal purposes.

13. Morris, L.G. (2001). Symposium on Plant Environment in Glasshouses. Retrieved August 20, 2001, from ISHS Acta Horticulturae 6 Web site: http://www.actahort.org/books/6/.

This is an archive of articles related to growing plants in a controlled environment.

14. Porter, Joanna. (2001). Saskferco Products Inc. Zero Wastewater Discharge Plant: A closed-loop system to protect the Environment. Retrieved August 20, 2001, from National Green Lance Web site: http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/pollution/e00s60.en.html.

Site containing information about how to reduce pollution.

15. Schrock, Kathy. (2001). Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators. Retrieved August 20. 2001, from DiscoverySchool.com Web site: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/sld005.html.

Introduction to WebQuests and their use.

16. Sharp, Ann. (2001). Flowering Plants. Retrieved August 20, 2001, from Webscapes for Learning: Teachers as Information Architects: Learning Guides Web site: http://www.cl.uh.edu/soe/cem/ThinkQuest.

Offers relat ed resources for botanists and teachers.

17. Southern Illinois University Carbondale. (2000). Spring/Summer 2000 Ethnobotanical Leaflets. Retrieved August 20, 2001, from Southern Illinois University Carbondale Web site: http://www.siu.edu/~ebl/spr2000.htm.

Botany resource page provides links to articles elaborating on the importance of different plants to world societies.

18. Southern Illinois University Carbondale. (2001). Edition 2001 Ethnobotanical Leaflets. Retrieved August 20, 2001, from Southern Illinois University Carbondale Web site: http://www.siu.edu/~ebl/.

Botany resource page provides links to articles about the importance and roles of different plants to world societies.

19. Strayer, R.F. (1991). Microbiological Characterization of the Biomass Production Chamber during Hydroponic Growth of Crops at the Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) Breadboard Facility. Paper presented at the 21st International Conference on Environmental systems, San Francisco, California, July 15-18, 1991.

Describes the characterization of the microbial constituents of the Biomass Production Chamber (BPC) during production tests of hydroponically-grown crops of wheat and soybeans.

20. Tidrick, Chris. (2001). The Great Plant Escape. Retrieved August 20, 2001, from the University of Illinois Extension Web site: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts1b.html.

Although the target audience for "The Great Plant Escape" is 4th grade, some pages offer a broad definition of the plant life cycle that makes good introductory material.

21. Ulrich, Bert. (1996). Reproduction Guidelines for Use of NASA Images and Emblems. Retrieved August 20, 2001, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration Web site: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Library/guideline.html.

Describes the guidelines one must follow to use NASA images or emblems. Shows documentation necessary for use of NASA emblems and imagery.

22. Wheeler, R.M., T.M. Tibbitts. (1989). The Utilization of Potatoes for Life Support Systems in Space. IV. Effects of CO₂ Enrichment.1. American Potato Journal, 66, 25-33.

Possible use of potatoes in advanced life support for space colonies.

23. Williams, Coe. (1996). Bottle Biology. Wisconsin Fast Plants Notes, Vol. 9, No. 1.

Gives background for the growth of plants in microgravity. Gives names that can be searched in a database. Shows examples of a growing chamber and the process of growing plants inside one. Gives example of a data sheet. Gives background information on how the environment influences growth of plants.

24. Woodbury, Peter B. (1992). Trace Elements in Municipal Solid Waste Composts: A Review of Potential Detrimental Effects on Plants, Soil Biota, and Water Quality. Biomass and Bioenergy, Vol. 3, Nos. 3-4, 239-259.

Focuses on how trace metals and metalloids from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) composts are taken up by plants grown in a mixture of soil and compostable MSW. In addition, the effects of these trace contaminants on soil biota and water quality are briefly addressed.

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