Garden Shows High Schoolers Future Possibilities
Posted in Learning Experiences on February 2nd, 2010 by Plant Talk – Be the first to commentGEAR UP Introduces Students to Careers in Plant Sciences
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Yadana Desmond is Program Coordinator and Instructor for the GEAR UP program at the Botanical Garden. |
It was a cold Saturday morning in January, a day off for most students, but 27 ninth graders from area high schools were intently studying the artwork in the gallery exhibition of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library and the plants in the Garden’s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, absorbing every detail to later create their own ink and watercolor illustrations. In the afternoon they would go on to make cell and anatomical observations of plant slides under the microscope. And this was just Day 1 of the 9-session course.
It was all part of GEAR UP, a federal initiative administered locally by the Bronx Institute at Lehman College that partners with community institutions such as the Botanical Garden to prepare middle and high school students for college and careers. read more »