Plants

=**Plants for Food and Fibre**= 

**1. ** **People and plants**
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/108/ Biological Antifreeze http://www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc97/8_30_97/fob2.htm How Plants Reproduce http://www.racerocks.com/biology/asex/asex.htm Background Biology http://www.biology.arizona.edu/ Review of Three Years of Hemp Trials http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/opp551?opendocument#3 Bill Nye Plants 1/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=2OfuiX5RnoY Bill Nye Plants 2/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=WZcbe8CBijY&feature=related Bill Nye Plants 3/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=5ktE20lJNSs&feature=related Medicine from the Rainforest video clip http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ngs/movieLauncher.htm?movie=smil/secretsrain_medicine.smil Tribal Medicine http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ngs/movieLauncher.htm?movie=smil/secretsrain_tribal.smil 

**2. ** **Structure and adaptation**
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/113/ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada http://ats-sea.agr.ca/supply/factsheet-e.htmAlberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app21/rtw/index.jsp Growing Alberta http://www.growingalberta.com/ Bill Nye Forests 1/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=t5y3IgB7HjQ&feature=related Bill Nye Forests 2/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0YeZ1rcqA&feature=related Bill Nye Forests 3/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=jTfOx1l1qbU&feature=related The Great Plant Escape http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/gpe.html Plant Organs http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/content/keystage3/biology/pc/learningsteps/PLOLC/LO_Template.swf Time lapse radish growth http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=12eded622df653d3cd48 Lettuce plant time delay http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=93e2fd985dc1063e15e0 Diffusion and Osmosis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUnvwrx8Wq4 Celery Experiment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mn_AoDm3wE Examining Plant Stems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c200S3q79AM 

**3. ** **Plant reproduction and breeding**
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/114/ Information on Agricultural Biotechnology http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/sci/biotech/gen/terexpe.shtml Canadian Biotechnology Strategy http://biotech.gc.ca/ About Genetically Modified Foods http://www.dietitians.ca/resources/Biotech_FAQs_English_May0302.pdf The Council of Canadians http://www.canadians.org/ Greenpeace http://www.greenpeacecanada.org/ Bill Nye Flowers 1/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=lorQn58fMYM Bill Nye Flowers 2/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=l4l6ArBgiQA&feature=related Bill Nye Flowers 3/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IRUYbbuDC0A&feature=related Insects Pollinate video clip http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ngs/movieLauncher.htm?movie=smil/pollination_insects.smil Getting Your Seeds planted http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/ngs/movieLauncher.htm?movie=smil/plantswhatps_xt_getting.smil

**4. ** **Meeting the need for food and fibre**
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/115/ Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/app21/rtw/index.jsp Alberta's Trees Managed for Tomorrow http://www.srd.gov.ab.ca/forests/fmd/timber/sustained.html Conserving Soil Quality http://www.agr.gc.ca/pfra/land/practices_e.htm Holistic Grazing http://www.managingwholes.com/grazing-heals-land.htm Soil Classification http://res.agr.ca/CANSIS/NSDB/SLC/_overview.html Classification of Plants & Animals http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/classify/classify.html Bill Nye Farming 1/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=AEpSkuLZHeI Bill Nye Farming 2/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=xd_KGEdnA8s&feature=related Bill Nye Farming 3/3 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=BkFhkVQcgNo&feature=related Organic Farming []

**5. ** **Sustaining the soil**
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/116/ Tree Game http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/wontg/html/index.html Rock Meets Lichen video clip [] Soil Texture video clip [] Soil Types [] [|RONA fertilizer] [|Home Depot Fertilizer]

 **6. ** **Pests and pest control**
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/117/ Certified Organic http://www.sunprairie-organic.com/organic.htm How Is It Done? http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/food/organic/organic2.htmlOrganic Agriculture in Canada http://www.organicagcentre.ca/Consumers/cons_welcome.asp