For Educators | Alberta Botanical

ABS Youth Art Contest

Enter the ABS Youth Art Contest for a chance to win a cash prize and have your art feature across our social media.

Plant Transport Systems

Learn about how plant transport systems rely on the properties of water. This video aligns with the Alberta Science 10 Program of Studies.

Forest Terror: Mountain Pine Beetles

Although this seems like an intense fight between trees, beetles, and fungi, it is really a balanced interaction that is common in nature.

Changing Colours

How one beetle can change the landscape of Alberta's forests

To Touch or Not to Touch?

Do you ever pet your plant? Turns out, they not only feel touch, but also react to touch. Aside from the Venus fly trap, every plant...

Can My Plant Hear Me?

This article is accompanied with a worksheet for educators!

You Can Smell Plants, But Can They Smell You?

The vast majority of aromas and flavours you have come to know and love originate from plants! The spicy scent of cinnamon bark, sharp...

Plants Are Blind, Right?

As common wisdom tells us, plants are blind. It is quite evident that plants do not have eyes and definitely do not have a brain, so...