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Teach Plant Morphology to Kids
The Plant Parts series by Vijaya Khisty Bodach is a collection of six books addressing plant morphology. Each book is dedicated to a single topic. The topics Bodach writes about are roots, stems,...
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Free Botanical Illustration Workshop for Children
Linda C. Miller, Artist in Residence at The Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, NC will teach a journaling class for children for the York County Master Gardeners’ Learning Garden. This class is FREE and...
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Plants & People Tour for Kids, Honeybees Speak at the UC Botanical Garden at...
The UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley has added new events to their Fall schedule. You are all invited to attend! See what’s new here and at Classes Near You > California. University of California...
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Master Gardeners Sponsor Botanical Drawing Workshop
ART IN THE GARDEN A Learn and Grow Educational Program Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 10 AM – 12 PM For children 7 – 18 years old During this special workshop, botanical artist Linda Miller will teach children...
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Illustrations and the Environment
Children’s picture books contain more illustrations of built environments than natural environments. This is the finding of Williams et al. (2012) in The Human-Environment Dialog in Award-winning...
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Does technology make the outdoors more appealing?
An analysis of outdoor activities by Deborah J. Chavez, a specialist in outdoor recreation research, suggests this to be the case. Chavez writes about student reactions to selected outdoor activities...
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Botanical Drawing Camp for Kids in Ohio
Here is the latest at Classes Near You > Ohio! Deborah Kopka, DK Designs www.dkdesigns.org Botanical illustrator, Deborah Kopka is the principal artist at DK Designs. Deborah licenses her artwork,...
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How Children Experience Vegetation
When students arrive in your classroom, what is their attitude towards plants? How did these attitudes form? If you teach a traditional botanical art class, you most likely have enthusiastic students...
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The Plants and Animals Kids See
While plants may not be the most interesting subject to some people, did you know that young children have a genuine interest in plants? What, then, do children know about plants and where do they...
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ArtPlantae to Participate in Garden Festival at UC Riverside
UCR Botanic Gardens Celebrates 50 Years! http://gardens.ucr.edu The University of California Riverside Botanic Garden (UCRBG) is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a family garden festival....
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Plant Life Cycles for Kids
Plant reproduction can be as sensitive a topic as human reproduction. This was made clear to me years ago at the, then, L.A. Garden Show when a gentleman disapproved of me displaying the book, Sex in...
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