"Fisher, Roxanne" wrote on 24/4/01 6:36 pm
>Dear plant-ed folks:
>>One of my former students now heads an after-school program for grades 6-12
>at the daycare center my son attends. She's looking for resources to plan
>science activities (not strictly plant bio, but including plant bio) for the
>students. Are there any websites, books, or organizations that might be
>helpful to her that you would recommend? I know I've heard of things
>(possibly in this group) that would be helpful that I can't remember now. I
>was happy to hear that the non-science majors plant bio course she took with
>me inspired her to try doing more with science in her work!
>>>Thanks!
>>Roxanne
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>Roxanne H. Fisher rfisher at chatham.edu>Assistant Professor of Biology phone (412)365-1893
>Chatham College fax (412)365-1505
>Woodland Road
>Pittsburgh, PA 15232
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>She will find some useful ideas for all ages in our website
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk
For a start, look under Worksheets, especially Supermarket science.
But lots more, eg (these few are to do with trees and shrubs, but most of
the site is to do with other plants):-
exploring horse chestnut flowers and buds:-
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/osmos/os17.htm#horse
and
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/osmos/os19.htm#horse
investigations with holly:-
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/osmos/os16.htm#holly
and
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/osmos/os20.htm#holly
Dr. John Hewitson
Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS)
Homerton College
Cambridge CB2 2PH UK
email: hom-saps at lists.cam.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1223 507168
Fax: +44 (0)1223 215004
web site: http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk
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