With Plant Hunters, you 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 you 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, you can view a video featuring a Botanical Garden staff member who describes the work done there and relays interesting information about the plants.
Collect plants by clicking on the links in the individual Houses. For each plant, you 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 you to see interesting plant structures in greater detail.
Once you have "collected" the individual plants, 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 you have accomplished.
