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For more information, contact the Center's director:

Dr. Jed S. Lyons
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208.

803.777.9552
lyons@sc.edu

Structures, Processes and Responses of Plants

Pretzels and Fungi Uses the chemical reactions of yeast in its consumption of sugar to demonstrate some of the uses and functions of fungi.
Photosynthesis Describes how green plants use sugar to produce energy from the sun and explains their importance for the survival of other organisms in the environment.
Photosynthesis Phun Utilizes Skittles to show how the photosynthesis reaction balances.
Tree Growth Enhances student knowledge of plants, including cell structure, parts, function and growth. From the GK-12 program at the Dept. of Marine Science, Univ. of Texas.
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