Science and Plants for Schools, Cambridge Videos
Videos by Science and Plants for Schools in Cambridge. Supporting plant science and biology teaching in UK schools and colleges, from primary to post-16. Download all our free teaching resources from www.saps.org.uk. Questions about teaching plant science? Post them on our wall.
Wow! A fascinating demo.
When herbivores, such as an insect, nibbles a plant leaf, the plant sets off a distress signal as one of many plant defence strategies. This was observed by Masatsugu Toyota et al. You can read more here: https://www.sciencealert.com/plant-damage-response-defence-calcium-ions-glutamate-fluorescent
Plants and their defence mechanisms never cease to amaze me. Here are links to some of our resources exploring plant defences...
Spines on a holly leaf
https://www.saps.org.uk/secondary/teaching-resources/303-investigating-adaptation-and-defence-the-number-of-spines-on-a-holly-leaf
Poster - The Battle for Fortress Plant
https://www.saps.org.uk/secondary/teaching-resources/1394-poster-the-battle-for-fortress-plant
How healthy are your trees? https://www.saps.org.uk/secondary/teaching-resources/1277-how-healthy-are-your-trees#plantsci ❤️🩹🌿🦠🦟
Credit: Simon Gilroy / sciencealert.com
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Wow! A fascinating demo. When herbivores, such as an insect, nibbles a plant leaf, the plant sets off a distress signal as one of many plant defence strategies. This was observed by Masatsugu Toyota et al. You can read more here: https://www.sciencealert.com/plant-damage-response-defence-calcium-ions-glutamate-fluorescent Plants and their defence mechanisms never cease to amaze me. Here are links to some of our resources exploring plant defences... Spines on a holly leaf https://www.saps.org.uk/secondary/teaching-resources/303-investigating-adaptation-and-defence-the-number-of-spines-on-a-holly-leaf Poster - The Battle for Fortress Plant https://www.saps.org.uk/secondary/teaching-resources/1394-poster-the-battle-for-fortress-plant How healthy are your trees? https://www.saps.org.uk/secondary/teaching-resources/1277-how-healthy-are-your-trees#plantsci ❤️🩹🌿🦠🦟 Credit: Simon Gilroy / sciencealert.com