Sheree Watson

Great Falls High School
Great Falls, MT


2002

Explorations in Biomedicine

Summer Research Teacher

 

Kent L. Thornburg, Ph.D.
 Oregon Health & Science University

 

2002

Summer Research Host
Bend, Reach Touch:
Investigating Tropisms in Plants
Grade Level: High School                
Subject: Plant Physiology
As part of a botany unit, this inquiry lab involves students in observing and investigating plant responses to environmental stimuli (tropisms). Students observe tropisms in plants and develop experiments to test phototropism, geotropism and thigmotropism. Students also investigate the plant hormones that induce these responses. Assessments include writing a grant proposal, maintaining a lab journal and producing a final poster for a meeting presentation.
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