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Did You Know?
Did you know that plant cells have cell walls and chloroplasts, but animal cells do not? Did you know that plant cells have cell walls and chloroplasts, but animal cells do not? Chloroplasts are specialized subunits within plant cells that are responsible for photosynthesis, the conversion of light into chemical energy.

Ward's Natural Science has Plant Cell Structure and Animal Cell Structure Posters that display intricate features of cells in vivid color! These bright, easy-to-see illustrations of a typical plant cell or a typical animal cell have clearly labeled parts. They also feature descriptions of the structure and function of each organelle and its relation to the entire cell structure.

Botany Resources for Free Science Fair Projects
Plantfacts Database at Ohio State University
Click Here to visit the Plant Facts database for help with your botany science fair projectPlantfacts has merged several digital collections developed at Ohio State University to become a searchable international knowledge bank and multimedia learning center for plants. Resources include over 260,000 pages of information, a searchable database of high quality images and a glossary of illustrated definitions of commonly used horticultural terms.

The USDA sponsered PLANTS Database
Click Here to visit the PLANTS Database for help with your free science fair projectsThe PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. It includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, crop information, automated tools, onward Web links, and references.

Scientific Inquiry Through Plants (SIP3)
Scientific Inquiry Through Plants (SIP3) is an online learning community supported and developed by the Botanical Society of America. (SIP3) connects students, teachers, and plant scientists across the nation. Students, from middle school to college level, engage in hands-on inquiry projects and share their experiences with peers and scientist mentors. Their aim is to advance an understanding of the nature of science while fostering an interest in, and appreciation for plants.

The most notable feature of (SIP3) website is the Research Project Archive. This free Archive is full of great examples that very much resemble completed botany science fair projects! This is a must visit site if you intend to do a botany project.