With Plant Hunters, students can take a virtual walk through the The New York Botanical Garden, exploring 66 plants from around the globe through photographs, videos, and interactive games. The resource takes students to a virtual Conservatory in which each "House" of the Conservatory features a different biome, perfectly designed for the plants that grow there. In each of the biomes, students can view a video featuring a Botanical Garden staff member who describes the work done there and relays interesting information about the plants.
Students collect plants by clicking on the links in the individual Houses. For each plant, they can see images, maps, and read interesting information about how the plants reproduce and other topics. Clicking on the magnifying glass will provide a close-up of the images, allowing students to see interesting plant structures in greater detail.
Once students have "collected" the individual plants, they complete some of these challenges, which can be accessed from the plant pages:
- Leaf Sorter
- Desert Plants and Water
- Plants We Eat
- Plants in Our Lives
- Plants and Evolution
- Plants and Pollinators
- Plant Biomes
A scorecard keeps track of the challenges that students have accomplished.