Collections & Categories
Ecological Resilience Book
This is a collection of our resources regarding ecological resilience that's organized into a recommended reading order.
Genetics Book 1: Principles of Genetics and Plant Breeding
A collection of our genetics resources organized into four parts -- core genetics, inheritance of traits, statistical and experimental methods, and breeding techniques.
Genetics Book 2: Biotechnology Principles and Practices
This collection of lessons can be read through like a book and covers biotechnology foundations, gene cloning and design, and transformation and tissue culture.
Lesson Plans
These lesson plans are generally targeted for the high school learner. View this community to see our lesson plans by topic!
Plant Breeding Training Network (PBTN)
Welcome to the Plant Breeding Training Network (PBTN)! Feel free to browse the reference materials located within the community. Building on infrastructure created through the support of the NSF, PBTN was created as part of the Triticeae CAP and is now supported by WheatCAP, both funded by USDA-NIFA. Please take a look around and we hope you find the materials, webinars, and courses in this environment to be rewarding. Together we can meet the food needs of a growing population, in the midst of climate challenges. Katherine Running, Educator Coordinator Leah Sandall, Administrator Jorge Dubcovsky and Eduard Akhunov, WheatCAP Project Directors
Soils Book 1: Principles of Soil Formation and Development
This is a subset of our soil science lessons organized into three parts -- soil genesis, soil classification & distribution, and applied scenarios in soil science.
Soils Book 2: Soil Properties, Fertility, and Management
This is a sub-collection of our soil science lessons that detail the physical and chemical properties of soil, how to manage nutrients and fertility, soil management and erosion control, and teaching resources.
Sustainable Agriculture Models in the Midwest
Established with the aid of a Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) grant, this project was created to offer insight into what sustainability within agriculture actually looks like. Spread across eastern Nebraska, ten different farming operations are featured across the twenty different videos. Each farmer was interviewed by a high school student from a nearby school about what their operation does, how and why they choose to manage it in a certain way, and what makes it sustainable as well as what would make it more sustainable. Each video is accompanied by a short document including an overview of the operation, teaching objectives, and several questions to foster classroom discussion. Context specific modules were created encompassing the concept of sustainability as defined by social, economic, environmental factors. These additional modules pull information from across the different farmers to illustrate an overarching concept. It is our belief that creating modules exploring these three areas will increase appeal to educators outside of vocational agriculture departments. Business classes could easily incorporate the module on Niche Marketing or Biology classes the module on Soil Health.
Topic - Crop Production & Natural Resource Management
This area of the library contains lessons and animations which cover topic areas regarding general concepts of growing crops including pest management, nutrient management, and soil and water management.
Topic - Horticulture
This area of the library contains lessons and animations which cover topic areas in horticultural science including turf management, landscape design, plant identification and propagation.
Topic - Plant Breeding & Genetics
This area of the library contains lessons and animations which cover topic areas regarding plant breeding, including classical and molecular genetics principles, as well as plant breeding methods.
Topic - Plant Physiology
This area of the library contains lessons and animations which cover topic areas regarding plant physiology, including plant growth, stress, metabolism and photosynthesis.
Topic - Soil Science
This area of the library contains lessons and animations which cover topic areas regarding soil science, including soil genesis, nutrient cycling and erosion.
Topic - Weed Science
This area of the library contains lessons and animations which cover topic areas regarding weed science, including resistance management, herbicide modes of action and genetics.