Botanical Buddies | Botanical Relationships

Did you know plants and fungi are best buds? See how they work together to get what they need, help baby plants sprout, and even create new kinds of plants.

Back to Digital Classroom Resources

View Transcript

Questions and Prompts for Educators

Check for Understanding

How do fungi help plants thrive?
What are some plants that depend on fungi?

Take It Further

What would happen to a tree that didn’t have a fungus buddy? What would it look like?

Create

Choose your favorite botanical duo from the video and draw an illustration of how they help each other in nature.

Make a Personal Connection

Who are some buddies in your life that help you grow and thrive? How do they do that? What “nutrients” do they give you?

Table of contents heading: Questions and Prompts for Educators

Next Generation Science Standards: Disciplinary Core Ideas

LS2.A: INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS IN ECOSYSTEMS
How do organisms interact with the living and nonliving environments to obtain matter and energy?
LS2.B: CYCLES OF MATTER AND ENERGY TRANSFER IN ECOSYSTEMS
How do matter and energy move through an ecosystem?

Table of contents heading: Standards