Karin DavidsonTaylor Outreach Education Coordinator

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Karin Davidson-TaylorOutreach Education
Coordinator
Royal Botanical Gardens
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• Education at Royal Botanical Gardens
• encourages environmental stewardship
• provides meaningful and diverse learning
  experiences
• connects people with the plant world
• helps them to understand the crucial role that
  plants play in sustaining and enhancing our lives
  and the environment.

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Videoconference Programs

• Curriculum-based content
• Interactive experiential - discovery
• In consultation with the teacher
• Background, pre- and post- videoconference
  materials available for teachers
• School or community groups of all ages
• By request or special presentations
• Green alternative
• Collaborations with other schools, post-secondary
  education institutions or organizations and
  botanical gardens
• Over IP using a Tandberg system

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Encourage Environmental Stewardship

• Stimulate the students to get outside and explore
• Create a connection to plants
• Encourage a sense of responsibility for our
  natural world
• Programs include Plant and Animal Adaptations,
  Habitats, Biodiversity, Seeds, Vascular Plants -
  Herbarium, Fishways Demonstration, Meet the
  Experts
• Take part in our programs and then discover the
  flora and fauna in your own backyard