A Place to Learn Field Trip Guide
Grades K–6
A selection of tested lessons help you use the Garden to present concepts in ecology, plant biology, art, classification, math, and social studies. Maps, leader guides, and reproducible student activity sheets accompany each lesson. (The complete guide is also available for purchase.)

Tropical Feast
Forty common and unusual food products from the tropics. Each plant’s scientific name, its native range, the part eaten, uses, and other interesting facts are included in this Web site.

Exploring the Tropics
This page introduces rain forest ecology. Topics include: plant adaptations, plant and animal interactions, people of the tropical rain forest, economic uses of plants, the causes and consequences of deforestation, and ways to help.

Plant Map of Costa Rica
Photos and information about different plants found in Costa Rica.

Tropical Rain Forest Curriculum (Grades 2–4 | Grades 5–8)
Rain forest ecology, products, deforestation, and the importance of biodiversity are highlighted in this curriculum originally designed as part of our Tropical Rain Forest circulating kit.

Mapping the Environment
The Mapping the Environment program uses geographic information system (GIS) software and global positioning system (GPS) receivers to investigate important issues through real data. Curriculum resources include tutorials for using ArcView® 3 as well as data sets.

Mapping Your Community
These ArcGIS® 9.2 tutorials help students gain mapping skills and build toward independent investigations.

MBGnet— What’s It Like Where You Live?
This Web site offers a wealth of information about six terrestrial biomes (rainforest, tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, grassland, and desert) and six aquatic ecosystems (rivers and streams, ponds and lakes, wetlands, shorelines, temperate oceans, and tropical oceans).

MBGnet— Biology of Plants
Based on the MBG video series of the same name, this site introduces plants to young children. Concepts such as photosynthesis, pollination, seed dispersal, and adaptation are explained.

Gateway Greening
Gateway Greening installs school gardens and brings gardening activities to classrooms and community centers in the metropolitan St. Louis area.