Students can explore the life cycle of flowers through colorful photographs, charts and diagrams to showcase this topic. Flowers produce nectar to attract insects and animals that serve as pollinators to ensure reproduction; by moving from flower to flower sipping nectar they transfer pollen between plants. Seed Seeds are the starting point of every flowering…
Finding evidence of life on Mars can best be done through studying rock layers that were once saturated with liquid water. NASA rover Curiosity is currently exploring the Jezero crater region where abundant moisture may have existed in the past. SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to send two uncrewed cargo ships to Mars by 2022,…
Butterflies are beloved creatures to many people, yet they play an invaluable role in ecosystems they inhabit. Serving as plant pollinators and natural pest control methods that reduce toxicity levels in environments, butterflies play an integral part in keeping biodiversity alive. Butterfly populations serve as indicators for environmental health in their local environments and are…
Every plant begins as a seed. With sunshine and air heat warming its environment, its potential germinates and blooms into an organism capable of growth. Reproducing through either asexual or sexual reproduction, flowers reproduce either through pollen grains reaching part of their carpel called the stigma in order to be fertilised and produce seed. Flowers…
Clouds play an essential part in Earth’s climate by reflecting some of the sunlight back into space and keeping Earth cooler than otherwise. From sky-filling stratus to popcorn-puff cumulus and wispy cirrus all the way through to anvil-shaped nimbus clouds are essential in keeping its temperatures at an acceptable level. Clouds form in areas with…
Butterfly life cycles provide students with an excellent opportunity to learn about metamorphosis. This fascinating process highlights adaptation, with various stages perfectly catering to an insect’s specific needs. Once a caterpillar reaches an adequate size, it seeks out a safe spot and forms a hard covering known as a chrysalis. At first glance it appears…
Pollination is a process through which plants distribute seeds that become embedded in flowers and fruit that ultimately produce new seeds, completing the cycle for that particular plant’s lifecycle. Once a seed finds an environment suitable for its development, it begins to sprout and develop into what is known as a seedling – a young…
Students can gain valuable lessons about biology, metamorphosis and sustainability by exploring the lifecycle of butterflies. After an egg hatches, its contents transform into larvae or moths which feed upon food sources while growing and molting multiple times through apolysis (shedding its skin multiple times). As it develops into a butterfly, a caterpillar forms a…
Plants have the capacity to reproduce both sexually and asexually, known as alternation of generations. Seeds are the building blocks of all plants. Once these seeds find soil rich in oxygen and moisture levels as well as an ideal temperature environment, their outer coating releases and they begin growing, which is known as germination. Gametophytes…
