Is anyone doing anything new/innovative/exciting/successful to support
school teachers' efforts to achieve the National Research Council's
National Science Education Standards or AAAS's Benchmarks for Science
Literacy?  If so, I would love to hear about it.  Here's why:

For the past few years we at the Chicago Botanic Garden have been
collaborating with four other institutions (Missouri Botanical Garden,
Morton Arboretum, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, & Holden Arboretum--we
call ourselves the Midwest Public Garden Collaborative, or MPGC for
short) to develop a plant science curriculum and new way of delivering
programs to school groups to improve science education at our sites
(funded by NSF).  This week, we are hosting a workshop called "Partners
for Growing Science" to 1.) disseminate the curriculum; 2.) share and
gather new ideas; 3.) begin a network of institutions working towards
the same goals.  It would be useful to know what's happening outside of
the MPGC and the 25 other institutions involved in the workshop.

I will share your responses at the workshop, unless you request
otherwise.

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Katherine Johnson
Coordinator of Youth Education
Chicago Botanic Garden
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