It’s hard to believe but March 20th ushers in the Spring season and warmer weather is finally on the way! To celebrate the new season, we’ve rounded up some of our best Spring blog posts and featured some of our absolute favorite Springtime kits & activities!
Read on for Spring-y Blog Posts!
- Spring Break Science: Bringing Science to the Shore
- This blog post shares some ideas for science experiments that celebrate the sun, sand, and waves experienced during a fabulous vacation.
- Spring Science: Plant Propagation
- “April showers bring May flowers” is a saying we’ve all probably heard once or twice in our lives. But how about making more plants from the plants you already have? This blog post will cover what is plant propagation, how to do it, and some science about plants to help develop your green thumb!
- Spring Allergies and the Antibody-Antigen Connection
- Welcome to the early days of spring! Several of us are also preparing for the inevitable start of spring season allergies. Allergies are hypersensitive disorders of the immune system. Normally, the immune system only reacts if a harmful substance attacks the body. However, with allergies, the immune system reacts to a relatively harmless substance, such as pollen. This blog post gives a play by play of what happens in the body during an allergic reaction!
- Flower Power
- Plants are a treasure trove of novel chemical compounds. Unable to move, these living beings have developed a range of ingenious and chemical-driven strategies to defend themselves, communicate, and adapt to changing environmental conditions. Scientists study these chemicals to better understand plants and to unlock new uses for these chemicals. Read on for five amazing chemicals that are improving and saving human lives and the flowers that they were originally found in.
- Navigating Sunscreen Season
- Sunscreen isn’t only for the summer months! Skin protection should be a year-round endeavor and to learn more about sunscreen science, check this blog post!
Featured Items:
- Plant Biology Origami Organelles
- Origami Organelles are downloadable paper models that you print and make as many times as you like! When you purchase a model, you are licensed for unlimited use on a single site or campus.
- EDVO-Kit #908 Intro to Plant Cell Culture
- Genetic modification of plants is a highly controversial area of biotechnology. All such experiments in plants begin with establishing plant cells in culture. This involves de-differentiating plant cells to form plant “stem cells”. In this experiment, your students will establish cell cultures of African Violets from leaves. They will then use plant growth regulators to encourage root growth from the cultured cells, and produce a mature plant.
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