Suggested Searches

Plant Life

Filters

Choose filter logic

All Science Org Terms

Date Range

Spotlite: Do Plants Need Soil?
1 min read

What do plants really need to grow? In this NASA Spotlite, a student producer explores the idea that plants can…

Mar 2, 2026
Topic
Spotlite: Can Plants Dance?
1 min read

Can plants dance or move? In this NASA Spotlite, student producers from Hialeah Gardens High School confront the misconception that…

Mar 2, 2026
Topic
Our World: Phytoplankton – Powering the Ocean Food Web
2 min read

Did you know some of the tiniest living things in the ocean help make the air you breathe? Meet phytoplankton,…

Dec 18, 2025
Topic
Real World: Phytoplankton, Microscopic Drifters
2 min read

What can something smaller than the width of your hair do to our whole planet? A lot! In this NASA…

Dec 17, 2025
Topic
Ask SME: Life Sciences Project Scientist Dr. Gioia Massa
1 min read

In this close-up video, Dr. Gioia Massa, Life Sciences Project Scientist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, shares her inspirations that…

May 15, 2023
Topic
Our World: Systems to Grow Plants in Space
2 min read

No matter where plants grow, they have the same basic needs: water, nutrients, light, temperature, and atmosphere. No matter where…

Jan 30, 2023
Topic
Our World: Where Do Crops Grow?
1 min read

Have you ever wondered where food comes from? Learn how Dr. Catherine Nakalembe uses NASA satellite data to show the…

Oct 25, 2021
Topic
Real World: The Carbon Cycle – Essential for Life on Earth
2 min read

Carbon is an essential building block for life. Learning how carbon is converted through slow- and fast-moving cycles helps us…

Oct 22, 2019
Topic
Spotlite: Characteristics of Plants
1 min read

Student producers from Hampton City Schools, in Hampton, Virginia, confront the misconception that plants are not living.

Jul 16, 2019
Topic