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Think about a botanical garden for a field trip. Here Dr. Suzanne Kapelari explains critical thinking skills in botany and a new international (Austria, Bulgaria, UK, Italy, and your home, too!!!) project in botany that you can join. Her discussion with Julia Willison encourages pre- and post- processing at school surrounding student field trips to botanic gardens. It brings an international flavor to the discussion of science education and fosters exciting and engaging studies of plants. Also, plant conservation, such as studies of rare plants, preventing plant extinction and other exciting topics.
These scientists think that such deep thinking about plants will "snowball" and multiply the environmental benefits of plant science or "botany."
Resources:
www.plantscafe.net for downloadables... http://www.bgci.org/botanic_gardens/1969/
http://www.bgci.org/education/article/0501/
http://www.bgci.org/educationcongress/pages/workshops.htm
http://www.bgci.org/worldwide/event/111/
For more information about the University Botanic Garden’s programs, email Suzanne Kapelari Suzanne.Kapelari@uibk.ac.at or visit the Garden’s website.
For information in the USA, contact Dr. J. S. Shipman shipmanjs@gmail.com
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The website: www.plantscafe.net is now online.
I just heard from Dr. Suzanne Kapelari and though she, "still [does] not have an idea
about how to get {funding to attend the conference]but [she] will book flights anyway."
She states, "I would love to participate in your symposium and would like to focus on HOT skills on primary level and would also like to present some methods and ideas how you can do it." What a wonderful opportunity for us to have the chance to see and hear Dr. Kapelari!
In addition [she]will give examples how partnerships between schools and botanic gardens facilitate these teaching and learning methods efficiently.
You may recall that I will be talking about the H.O.T Skills Wheel at the same symposium.
Anyone knowing of people or companies wishing to fund all or portions of the symposium, Please let us know. Thanks.
You can sign up to attend the conference and symposium at http://www.2008.botanyconference.org/
See you there!
Dr. J
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