A Tropical Virtual Herbarium and some Science Education Links

The Virtual Herbarium
http://www.virtualherbarium.org/

Interactive Keys to Identifying Organisms
http://www.virtualherbarium.org/keylink.html

Science Education Links (Teacher and Student Resources)
http://www.fairchildgarden.org/education/

http://www.fairchildgarden.org/education/teacherprofessionaldevelopment/

If you cannot make it to the professional development classes at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, you can still download the materials to use in your classroom. Each course unit includes handouts, resources, vocabulary lists, suggested homework activities, labs and other activities for the classroom. The course units are as follows:

• Unit I: School Gardens
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  Unit II: Pine Rocklands and Other South Florida Ecosystems
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  Unit III: Ethnobotany
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  Unit IV: Green Machines
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  Unit V: Flower Power
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  Unit VI: Plant Adaptations and Conservation
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  Unit VII: Plant Kingdom
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  Unit VIII: Palms: From Seed to Tree
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  Unit IX: Activities for Young Learners

Source: http://www.fairchildgarden.org/education/downloadableteachingmodules/. Accessed February 7, 2010.