Plants UK
Plants UK is a program for easy identification of common British Plants and fulfils
many of the requirements of National Curriculum Science, Life Process and Living Things, Key Stage
2 and 3 and Information Technology. It has been created by a teacher for teachers and is
artistically unique in that all the plants featured are original
full colour illustrations.
The following are all actual reduced screenshots and pictures from Plants UK.
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Choose one of the three databases from the top level key and database
selection form. You may also list the databases or get more information
on what distinguishes each of these major categories from the others.
The databases are Wild Flowers (54 species), Trees and Shrubs (40 species) and Grasses (24 species).
Answer as many questions as you can on each of the identification forms by clicking on the buttons with the best answers.
Each question has a help button and an additional information button to help you choose. The additional information
available includes full colour illustrations for some questions.
Buttons use a variety of attractive full colour paintings, logos, photos, pallettes or cartoons according to context.
When you click the match button on an identification form the best matches are presented to you
as a cascade of full colour species plates. Exact matches are identified by a score of 100%, partially matched items
with a lesser score.
Every plate has full colour original paintings of the species together with essential details about it.
Click the button on the page for a full text description. Both pictures and text may be copied or printed
for children to use in their own presentations.
If you prefer you can choose to have the matches presented on the thumbnail browser. Click on any picture
to open the species plate.
The thumbnail browser can be used at any time to access any species in the database. There is also a smaller name
browser that lets you choose a species by click on the common name.
Much additional information is available on attractive scrolling pages with many pictures, much of it
on a context sensitive basis from the identification forms. It is all also accessible from a central index.
Topics include complete overviews of each category of plants in the three databases, health and safety,
classification and keys and adaptations of plants.
There are eight interactive exercises covering topics such as creating keys, food webs, butterfly feeding,
identification by questions, naming parts of plants and photosynthesis.
Simple context sensitive help is available on use of all forms. Fully detailed help is available from the menu.
Complimentary resources are available for this program. Log sheets and worksheets are included on the CD and may be
printed from within the program.
Gatekeeper Guides may be purchased separately. Gatekeeper
guides are laminated identification sheets that are ideal for field trips.
Whenever possible, any updates we make to this program will be made available on our website free of charge
to users of previous versions. Plants UK has been designed so that content may be changed and new species plates,
information or interactive pages added by downloading an instal file containing text-based script files
and pictures only. Updating the executable or modifying your system files or settings is not required.
Plants UK comes on CD-ROM and requires an IBM compatible PC with equivalent of
Intel Pentium 4 400MHz processor or better, at least 250Mb MB RAM and 800x600 pixels high colour 16-bit display or better.
Operating system:
- Microsoft Windows 7 or
- Microsoft Vista or
- Microsoft Windows XP with service pack 2 or later or
- Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or later and Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher
Note that the instal will detect service pack and direct you to the relevant Microsoft upgrade page if necessary.
Disk space:
- With Microsoft Windows 7, Vista or other machines with Microsoft .NET Framework already installed - 65Mb
- 32 bit machines without Microsoft .NET Framework installed - add 280Mb
- 64 bit machines without Microsoft .NET Framework installed - add 610Mb
The Microsoft .NET Framework is required for many recent programs and it is likely you will already have it.
Note: We still have copies of the previous version that works with Windows 98, available on request.
You may use this shopping cart to purchase Plants UK online with a card or by email or to create a completed
form to post to us. Options will be presented when you view the cart. We are not registered for VAT.
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| Description | Price Each |
| Plants UK CD in educational pack for installation on up to 3 machines |
£30 |
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| Description | Price Each |
| Plants UK CD in educational pack with ten user licence |
£80 |
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| Description | Price Each |
| Plants UK CD in educational pack with full site licence |
£120 |
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