Rapid-Cycling Brassicas (RCBs) in Hands-on Teaching of Plant Biology

Abstract:

Wisconsin Fast Plants is a novel technology involving the use of rapid cycling genetic stocks (35 days seed to seed) of Brassica rapa and related species and includes simple, inexpensive, self-contained growing systems suitable for the classroom or laboratory at all levels from kindergarten to college. Participants are introduced to the uses of these plants in teaching: development, reproduction, genetics, physiology, and ecology.

Subject:

Science and Technology

Grade Level:

Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

SubTopics:

Plants and Forests

Collection:

Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)