• Where in the world are Fast Plant relatives grown, and how are they used?
• What are the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Fast Plants in your classroom? How do your questions compare with the FAQ's that were asked across the nation?
• What other "quick" life cycle can be investigated in the classroom?
• How can you use photographs in your science journal?

Take a look at these web sites to find out more...

• Wisconsin Fast Plants
• SAPS- Science and Plants for Schools
• General Biology at University of Michigan

General gardening resources to explore:

• Composting for Kids

An excellent slide show describing how to make a compost pile in your backyard.

• Gardening Books for Children

Here is a list of literary titles compiled by Amanda Vanhoosier.

• Gardens: Activities in the Four Seasons

Here is a seasonal guide to keeping your school garden going year-round with seed catalogs, and other resources.

• Gems from the Garden

Education World offers lesson plans for all ages for gardening in the classroom and starting your own fantasy farm.

• Kids Gardening

Many schools showcase excellent school garden experiences here at this site. Learn about successes and challenges faced by other schools and learn from their expertise.

• Kids Valley Garden

Learn about planning, planting, keeping plants healthy, and showing your flowers, shrubs, veggies, or herbs. Links to other sites are also available.

• Let's Get Growing

"Our Kids Learn from the Ground Up" is their motto. There are extensive resources on composting, creating a greenhouse, growing an indoor classroom garden, and links to bats, worms, ants, and butterflies.

• Michigan's 4-H Children's Garden

Helpful resources for creating a school garden. Take a virtual tour of this children's garden.

• National Gardening Site

Great gardening tips with regional specialties and newsletter articles. Their goals inclulde helping gardeners and helping people through gardening.

• School Gardens

Includes an introduction to school gardens, benefits and nutrition in school gardens, how to get started, and how to make a presentation about school gardens.

• Science that Grows on You

What is a growing science center and how can your students get it started?

• Seeds of Change Garden

Help your students learn about history and diversity by planting a garden.

• Starting a School Garden

Slideshow of how one school designed and set up a school garden.

• Step by Step Guide to Starting a School Garden

Here is a list of tips compiled by Texas A & M University's horticulture program.

• Wildflower Center

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's goal is to educate the public to become familiar with the native plants of North America.