botany

Discusses the life and work of botanist Alice Eastwood, who explored plant life in Colorado and California in the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries.

Discusses the growth of plants in different habitats, photosynthesis, transpiration, pollination, seed dispersal, the effect of plants on the life of animals and man, and the effect of animal life and human activities on plant environments. Includes experiments and related activities.

Discusses the different kinds of plant succession, the relationship between this process and people, and the effect on plant communities.

Ideas and projects using valid scientific processes and procedures, are designed for the sixth to ninth grade student.

Explores many aspects of the plant world, including the structure, functions, reproduction, and growth of plants. Includes projects and experiments.

Describes the plant and animal life found in the swampy area of the Florida Everglades and discusses the park located there.

Introduces the reader to plants, with information on seeds, watering, planting, and leaves.

Surveys the evolution, biology, structure, life cycle, and ecological function of plants, centering on little known or unusual aspects of their functioning and on their relation to relationship with humanity.

An explanation of the structure, biological behavior and function, evolution, specialization, and often unique adaptation of many varieties of leaves, "the basic foodstuff of all life.".

Uses a tour through a botanical museum to introduce many different kinds of plants and the ways in which they grow all over the world.