"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." --Albert Einstein
This Science in the Garden section is in response to a generous donation to the Governors Residence Foundation from the Chemical Abstract Service. Many scientific concepts can be learned from observing nature. Articles in this section will highlight some of them and relate them to the plantings in the Ohio Heritage Garden.
- Learn about the Tricky Trillium!
- How to Make a Worm Tower
- How to build a Butterfly Log Cabin
- Good Plants Gone Bad: Invasive Plants in Ohio, by Jennifer Windus, ODNR Division of Wildlife.
- Nothing’s set in stone, but new map is good start, by Joe Blundo, courtesy of the The Columbus Dispatch, Tuesday, October 17, 2006. See also, Ohio's Geologic Timeline, a web page that provides a visual timeline of how sedimentary layers were laid down over millions of years in Ohio. These sedimentary patterns affect what we find in the surface layers and bedrock of Ohio's geophysical regions.
- Coal In Ohio, courtesy of the The Columbus Dispatch.
- Wonders of Our World series, courtesy of Wonders of Our World, W.O.W., The Ohio State University.
- How do solar panels work?
- How does photosynthesis work?
- Photosynthesis in Action Experiment
- A Plant Maze
- Why do crickets chirp?
- What is pollen?
- Why do flowers have bright colors?
- Wildlife in the Heritage Garden.
- Flowers in Ultraviolet, photography and text by Bjørn Rørslett/NN. This is a great web page that shows flowers as we see them and in ultra-violet light. The ultra-violet view shows hidden markings that only insects can see!
- How Tall Do Trees Grow??, from The Torii, the newsletter from Schedel Arboretum and Gardens, Vol.8.7, Spring 2006.