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The purpose of this plant biotechnology activity is to demonstrate the effect of changes in the environment on the growth and fertility of landscape grasses and crop grasses such as wheat and rice.

In this activity (on pages 20-23 of PDF), learners build a model of a power plant using simple materials.

In this activity related to plant biotechnology, learners extract DNA from fruit to investigate how it looks and feels.

Water treatment on a large scale enables the supply of clean drinking water to communities.

In this activity, learners are challenged to design and build a miniature tree house in a potted plant. This activity uses engineering concepts to encourage creativity.

In this activity, learners explore the human influences on the carbon cycle and examine how fossil fuels release carbon.

In this activity, learners build penetrometers to test leaf toughness. Biologists measure leaf toughness to study the feeding preferences of insects and bugs.

In this lesson plan, learners examine some of the of greenhouse gas emissions sources in their community.