Writing in the garden...

I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
(1849-1924)

as cited by : http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lookup.htm, accessed January 21, 2009.

Compare this quote to the idea of studying science only in books versus in the laboratory and in the field. You can use a Venn diagram a chart or an essay.

Views of Linnaeus: the botanical garden he tended, ecological ideas...

At this link, you can read and hear (in a computerized voice...) ideas about Linneaus beyond binomial nomenclature and Latin. Enjoy it.
If you press the speaker button marked, "Listen," you can hear the text read to you.

http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/life/7_2.html
http://79.136.80.82/cgi-bin/nph-neospeechstream?lang=en&id=18718.mp3

Nathaniel Hawthorne and You: floral Displays, beautiful and unusual Trees at Leamington Spa

Overlapping humanities and science is a way to get more students interested in science. A stroll through Leamington Spa, or view its gardens on-line, for example, and you will share something with Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Our Old Home, by Nathaniel Hawthorne describes, in a section on Leamington Spa, the gardens and their beauty. Students interested in literature, or especially in Hawthorne, may find a connection to science through the gardens of Leamington.

A stroll through gardens in your own vicinity might encourage students to write, as Hawthorne did of the gardens of Leamington Spa, of their beauty. By writing, a student can educate others as to the beauty of gardens and of nature in general, and this, in turn, may contribute to the sustainability of the Earth.



(c) 2008 J S Shipman

Try, "Evaluation."

When you hear or read or see something, can you evaluate it? Can you tell if there is a bias or are ideas presented neutrally? Can you tell if the ideas presented are supported? Can you rank the value of the ideas presented according to your own value system?

Try using evaluation skills and other H.O.T. Skills (Higher order thinking skills) as you review the following site. Write what you have decided. Then, develop the higher order thinking skills you've used so you can use these skills any time.

http://video.about.com/landscaping/seaside-plantings.--5m.htm

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Research at Botanic Gardens: Highlight on the Biotechnology Research at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

http://data.kew.org/cvalues/homepage.html

Here's a link on the History and Functions of Botanic Gardens

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-6493(191502%2F04)2%3A1%2F2%3C185%3ATHAFOB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-F

Chelsea Physic Garden---Home of the Original U-tube

Here's another Botanic Garden for the Virtual Tour, and a comment/link (That I think is about it...)
"本日の旅写真は、イギリス・ロンドンから。ロンドンと言えば悪名高きロンドン塔ですが、それはまたの機会に譲るとしまして、、そのすぐ近くを流れる、テムズ河沿いを歩いてみました。それでちょっと見つけたのがこれですが、…ちょっと遠くてわかりにくいですね。ズームアップしてみましょう♪
あ、これを撮影したのは Chelsea Physic Garden の近くですが、ロンドンブリッジ近くのテムズ河沿いに、いくつも見られます。" (Source: http://valvane.blog17.fc2.com/category10-1.html)



What is U-tube? Do you know? Google this: Chelsea Physic Garden U-tube.

So, there's a difference between U-tube and YouTube!

Thanks to Sarah K., who left a comment at the "Montreal Garden Tour," I've added the Chelsea Physic Garden.


Here's more...Singing in the Garden at the Fete (But, there's a tour after this in the video below.:


Here's the walking tour...Don't get dizzy:



Now, here's a hint about the U-tube: http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/os-48/4/1013