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Introduction to Plant Biology and Botany
1,262 students
Introduction to Plant Biology and Botany
Explain how plants work using structures, life cycles and observations from virtual labs and worksheets.
Created byProfessor Fabiano
Last updated 10/2026
English
English
What you'll learn
- Explain how plant cell structures support transport, growth, photosynthesis, and other essential functions.
- Compare mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, and flowering plants using their structures and reproductive life cycles.
- Use scientific names and interpret simple evolutionary trees to describe relationships among organisms.
- Identify major features of roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds in examples and specimens.
- Connect plant tissues and meristems with transport, support, primary growth, and secondary growth.
- Distinguish photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and transpiration and explain their roles in plant life.
- Use virtual laboratory observations and worksheets to frame a biological question and explain plant structures or processes with evidence.
- Explain the roles of mitosis, meiosis, DNA, and inheritance in plant growth and reproduction.
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Course content
26 sections • 203 lectures • 14h 24m total length
Requirements
- No previous botany course is required. Expect introductory college biology vocabulary, reading, and practice; pause and revisit lessons as needed.
- Use a device that can play the lectures and open the worksheets, plus a notebook for diagrams and new terms. No textbook purchase is required.
Description
Connect botanical terms with structures you can observe and processes you can explain. Use recorded laboratory demonstrations and worksheets to compare plant features, record observations and build explanations of plant growth, function and reproduction.
How does a leaf capture light? What happens inside a growing root? And how are mosses, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants related?
In this course, we use questions like these to explore the biology of plants, from their cells and tissues to their reproduction and evolutionary relationships. I am Fabiano, a biology professor with a master's degree in plant biology. My aim is to help you connect botanical terms with structures you can observe and processes you can explain.
The course combines video lectures, written lessons, quizzes, worksheets, and virtual laboratory demonstrations. You will study plant cells and organelles, mitosis and meiosis, DNA and inheritance, plant tissues, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and transpiration. You will also compare major plant groups and examine roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds.
Bacteria, fungi, and algae appear in the course because they help us understand biological diversity and the organisms that interact with plants. Studying them alongside plants does not mean that they all belong to the plant kingdom.
This is an introduction with the depth of a college biology course. No previous botany course is required, but you should expect scientific vocabulary, reading, and opportunities to practice. You can pause, revisit a lesson, and work through the material at your own pace. A textbook purchase is not required.
The laboratory sections use recorded demonstrations and worksheets to help you connect explanations with observations. Research activities also introduce scientific questions, reading scientific articles, and communicating evidence. If your main interest is understanding plants, you can work through the biology lessons first and return to the extended research activities later.
This course is suitable for curious plant enthusiasts and students seeking a foundation or refresher in botany. It focuses on the science of how plants work and differ, rather than providing a regional species identification guide or a complete gardening manual. The original material was developed for college teaching; enrollment through Udemy does not award college credit.
Bring your curiosity, a notebook, and a willingness to ask why. The goal is to move beyond memorizing names and begin explaining the biology behind the plants around you.
Who this course is for:
- Plant enthusiasts who want to understand the science of plant structure, function, reproduction, and diversity.
- Students seeking an introduction or refresher in botany, including learners returning to science after time away.