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Virtual tour of the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center
Now you can visit the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center without leaving the comfort of your home or classroom. Filmed using 360° video technology, this virtual tour gives you behind-the-scenes access to our greenhouse, growth chambers, storage facilities, labs and robots. The self-guided tour includes video clips, photographs, and text descriptions. A guided version of this tour is also available (see Facilitated Virtual Programs below).
Self-guided virtual tour of the ABRC
This tour was made possible thanks to a collaboration with the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center. Funds for this project were provided by the Ohio State Energy Partners as part of a grant to support the West Campus Science & Sustainability Festival (WestFest).
Resources for hybrid & virtual learning
In response to the impact of the pandemic on K-12 education, ABRC developed a plant-free version of our popular Play Mendel module. Play Mendel 2.0 is designed for hybrid and virtual instruction. Download the materials below.
Play Mendel 2.0 Teacher Guide & Answer Key
Play Mendel 2.0 Student Worksheet
Greening the Classroom Terms & Concepts
View a recording of a teacher professional development workshop title Greening the Classroom: Using Plants to Teach Science from August 2020. This session demonstrates the Play Mendel 2.0 module.
Looking for a more traditional lab module for your curriculum? ABRC maintains a suite of ready-to-teach lab modules for classroom instruction. Visit Explore Our Kits to access those modules. ABRC provides seeds free-of-charge for K-12 teachers.
Short Educational Videos
Some links on this page are to .pdf files, which requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader software. If you do not have Reader, you may use the following link to Adobe to download it for free at: Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you need these files in a more accessible format, please contact ABRC@osu.edu.