The Botanical Society of America (BSA), founded in 1893, is committed to sustain and provide improved formal and informal education about plants; encourage basic plant research; provide expertise, direction and position statements concerning plants and ecosystems; and foster communication within the professional botanical community and between botanists and the rest of humankind through publications, meetings and committees.
Plant Biology Learning Framework
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How do plants detect, process, and interpret information from the environment? |
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What evidence shows that different species are related? |
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How does variation among plants affect survival and reproduction? |
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How do plants obtain and use matter and energy to live and grow? |
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Why do individuals of the same species vary in how they look and behave? |
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How are characteristics of one generation related to the previous generation? |
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What is biodiversity, how do humans affect it, and how does it affect humans? |
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How do structures of plants enable life functions? |
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How do plants grow and develop? |
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How do plants interact with the living and non-living environment? |
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How do matter and energy move through an ecosystem? |
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