• "Biomes of the World"- Missouri Botanical Garden
• Dragonfly Web Pages
• Eco-Sensor Web - live data from the National Botanic Garden, Ireland with online tours and elementary-level activities
• Flora Delaterre, The Plant Detective - learn about medicinal plants and listen to radio audio clips
• Fun Facts about Fungi
• Junior Master Gardener
• Kid's Valley Webgarden - K-5 page on growing plants, understanding flowers, veggies, herbs, shrubs and more
• Photosynthesis, Energy and Life - an elementary school science site
• Plant Watch - part of Canada's Nature Watch citizen science programs
• The Great Plant Escape - a clever chapter for 4th and 5th graders, 6 activities and a teacher's guide
• The Science of Gardening - from the Exploratorium
• Young Naturalist's Page - a focus on plants of Florida
• Fact Monster - includes science(!)
• The WWW Virtual Library: Science Fairs - search science fair projects
• Try Science - a gateway to science centers and online activities
• Gardening With Children - Resources to Encourage Kids to Plant

• BSA's www.PlantingScience.org - fostering student research and science mentoring
• AAAS - BioSciEdNet (BEN) - portal to lessons, images, and other teaching resources
• AIBS - Action Bioscience - lessons and essays
  • Avoid Misconceptions When Teaching about Plants
• Analyzing Wetlands - chapter from Earth Exploration Toolbook focusing on international wetland data
• Biodiversity Counts - from American Museum of Natural History, includes plant identification and ecology
• Canadian Botanical Society Teaching Section - resources for elementary and secondary school
• Center for Plant Conservation - Plants in Peril lesson for middle school
• Chicago Botanic Garden's Education Division
• C-Fern - hands-on curricula using Ceratopteris
• Ecological Society of America's Education Programs
• North American Association for Environmental Education
• Flora of North America - lesson plans and fact sheets for middle and high school
• Missouri Botanical Garden's Education Division
• National Digital Science Library - searchable K-12 and higher education resources
• New York Botanical Garden's Education Program
• Plant Genome Research Outreach Portal - searchable comprehensive list of programs and activities
• Plants and Animals - Partners in Pollination - three lessons from the Smithsonian Instititution
• Plants-in-Motion - timelapse photography and more by Roger Hangarter
• Science and Plants for Schools
• Understanding Evolution - your one-stop spot for teaching evolution
• Wisconsin Fast Plants- hands-on learning with rapid cylcing Brassica
  
  STANDARDS AND SCIENCE LITERACY
• AAAS Atlas of Science Literacy
• Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards
• Academic Benchmark's list of State Standards
• 12 Principles of Plant Biology - by the American Society of Plant Biology

• Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
• Canadian Botanical Society Teaching Section
• The Cuticle Database
• Bryophyte Ecology
• Photographic Atlas of Plant Anatomy
• Plant Systematics
• Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Pages
• Cal's Plant of the Week - from OU's greenhouse
• Tree of Life
• Virtual Plants: 3D Measurement and Simulation of Morphogenesis
  
  TEACHING RESOURCES, STRATEGIES, AND TOOLS
• AAAS - BioSciEdNet (BEN) - portal to lessons, images, and other teaching resources
• Active Learning Site Home Page - resources for active learning in college classrooms
• AIBS - Action Bioscience - lessons and essays
• Biological Science Curriculum Study - a leader in inquiry-based science education and professional development
• BioQUEST Curriculum Constortium - problem-based and case-based learning
• BioQUEST Botany 2007 Symposium - downloadable presentations and resources for problem-based plant biology from the 2007 BSA Education and Outreach Forum
• LabWrite - tutorial for student lab reports
• Ecological Society of America's Education Resources - syllabus exchange and much more
• MERLOT Biology Portal - teaching tips and learning resources
• National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science - cases and strategies for teaching with cases
• National Digital Science Library - searchable K-12 and higher education resources
• Project Kaleidescope - alliance to build strong learning environments for undergraduates
• Starting Point - Teaching Entry Level Geoscience - comprehensive guide to course design, assessment
• OER Commons - Open Educational Resources for a worldwide learning network
• Moodle - open source course management software
  
  TEXTBOOK LINKS
• BOTANY Online - The Internet Hypertextbook
• Biology of Plants, 7th edition Raven, Evert, & Eichhorn
• Plant Physiology, 4th Edition Online - Taiz & Zeiger
• Plant Systematics Instructors Website - Simpson
• Principles of Botany - Uno, Storey, & Moore
  
  LINKS TO LITERATURE AND DATABASES ONLINE
• Internet Directory for Botany (IDB) by Raino Lampinen, S. Liu, A. R. Brach & K. McCree
  • Internet Directory for Botany - Alphabetical List
• Botanicus - historical botanical literature accessible online from Missouri Botanical Garden
• Plant Genome Database - resources for plant comparative genomics
• National Agricultural Library - AGRICOLA Article Citation Database - powerful literature database
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) - access GenBank, Blast, and more
• National Library of Medicine - PubMed Article Citation Database - MedLine access to authors, titles and abstracts
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Botany part of the W3 World-Wide Web Virtual Library
• eFloras.org - Searchable database of floras

• Jobs
• Botanical Career Opportunities - Postings on BSA job board, with links to others
• Women in STEM: A Guide to Bridging the Gender Gap

• Study abroad
  • Comprehensive Guide to University Courses in Australia

• Graduate Studies Programs
  • AAAS Alliances for Graduate Education and the Profesoriate Program
  • GradSchools.com - An online resource for graduate programs in botany
  • New York Botanical Garden: International Plant Research Center Graduate Studies Program
• Postdoctoral Programs and AssociationNational Postdoctoral Association
• Programs and Associations for Increasing Diversity in Science
• Association for Women in Science
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society

• Email Directories
  • BSA Online Membership Directory
• STUDENT FUNDING SOURCES AND GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
  • U. S. Department of Agriculture
  • Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
  • Department of Energy - DOE
  • Environmental Protection Agency - EPA
  • National Instititutes of Health - NIH
  • National Science Foundation - NSF
  • Community of Science Funding Opportunities - a worthwhile, comprehensive database
  • Fieldwork Support from the Earthwatch Institute - support for fieldwork
  • Graduate Fellowship Notebook - from Cornell University
  • Garden Club of America - Scholarships and Fellowships
  • New England Botanical Club - Graduate Student Research Award
  • Welcome Europe - funding for European projects

Joy Marburger - Cattail Volunteer Monitoring Project

Scott's Botanical Link of the Day and Botanical Links - Subject Index

From Dr. Peter Wilf, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan:

• Manual of Leaf Architecture by the Leaf Architecture Working Group (Amanda Ash, Beth Ellis, Leo Hickey, Kirk Johnson, Peter Wilf, and Scott Wing). The Manual can be downloaded in pdf format from a server at Yal

Botanists- If you have an education or outreach website you would like to profile, please email us at bsa-manager@botany.org

Journals, Newsletters, Blogs, and Discussion Boards

Electronic Editions of Selected Journals, links to indexes:

• American Journal of Botany - BSA's scientific journal
• Academe this week (synopsis of current issue of Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Journal of Biological Chemistry
• Nature
• Science
• The Scientist
• Public Library of Science
• Full Electronic Journals Links
• Botany Electronic Journals
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Electronic Journals

Newsletters:

• Plant Science Bulletin - BSA's newsletter for members
• Botanical Electronic News (BEN) Archive
• Agriculture Online
• The Arid Lands Newsletter Home Page
• Conservation Ecology
• Progressive Farmer Online

Science Blogs:

• UBC Botanic Garden Blog

Plant Discussion Groups

• Plant-ed listserv - discussion of botanical educaiton issues
• Human Flower Project - international newsgroup, photo album, and online discussion of plants

Find a Plant or Learn More About Specific Plants

• Missouri Botanical Garden - Plant Finder
• The Carnivorous Plant FAQ
• The Cycad Pages - Welcome to the intriguing world of Cycads - Survivors from before the dinosaurs!
• Poisonous Plants of Nova Scotia - slide show plus medicines, toxins and poisons from native plants
• The Cornell University Poisonous Plants Page
• The Parasitic Plant Connection - by Dan Nickrent
• The University of Illinois PLANTS TOXIC TO ANIMALS Page
• Florida Plants Online - information about sustainable agriculture and everything you wanted to know about Florida plants!
• Wayne's Word - Botany
• Which Plants Make the Best Topiaries? - Thank you Lia, for this great find!

BOTANICAL TERMS
• Glossary of Botanical Terms - over 4400 terms relating to botany and horticultre

Image sites

• BSA Image Collection - from the BSA Teaching Section and members!
• AAAS - Biological Education Network Portal (BEN)
• CalPhotos
• Fungal Images of Jose Herrera
• Texas A & M Vascular Plants Image Gallery - collection of angiosperms
• Marian Koshland Bioscience and Natural Resources Library - Wieslander Vegetation Type Maps & Photographs
• Wisconsin Image Collection - broad collection of angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns, microscopy views also
• The Plant Image Gallery
• USAD Plants Gallery
• Catalog of Botanical Illustrations : Smithsonian Institution

Botanical Gardens, Herbaria, and Natural History Museums

• Missouri Botanical Garden
• New York Botanical Garden
• Chicago Botanic Garden
• Smithsonian Institute Department of Botany
• Field Museum Department of Botany
• UBC Botanic Garden and Centre for Plant Research
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
• Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens
• Smith College Botanic Garden

Native Plant Groups

• California Native Plant Society
• Hawaiian Native Plant Genera
• Native Plant Information Network - Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
• Missouri Flora website

Gardening Sites

• Kemper Center for Home Gardening - MBG Gardening Help
• The Helpful Gardener
• The Garden Gate
• Dave's Garden
• GardenWeb - garden and gardening resources
• Garden Club of America
• National Gardening Association
• The Best Gardening Databases on the Net - Index of gardening databases