Objective PlasciGardens is a project that targets the objectives of promoting young people's interest in science, science education and scientific careers and supports European Union policy aiming for a sustainable development. It is designed to improve plant science education in primary schools through establishing partnerships between primary schools and their local botanic garden.An inquiry centred, multilingual, multicultural plant science education tool about plant diversity is prepared as an electronically and printed version. It will have 4 parts: a teachers' pack, to support teachers in class, an activity program implemented by the local botanic garden, teaching resources to be used at the botanic garden and in class after the visits and a manual for Teachers' training seminars.To achieve these goals workgroups will be established in four European countries (UK, Italy, Bulgaria, Austria). National groups (NG) will include primary school teachers, a head teacher, education authorities and botanic garden educators. Based on a profound study of the current position of plants science teaching in primary schools and botanic gardens in Europe, the education tool is developed for optimise integration into primary school curriculum.Since the project seeks for a European wide cooperation of botanic gardens and primary schools, group members will meet regularly. This is judged necessary to make sure that the developed program is kept on a general basis to allow easy adaptation to European needs.The "Plant Science Gardens: Vo1 Plant diversity" education tool will be presented in various national and international conferences to the international community of botanical garden educators and educational authorities to promote its implementation into European primary school curricula. Programme(s) FP6-SOCIETY - Science and society: specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration : "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) SOCIETY-WP2004-3.2.1 - Science education and careers 2004 Call for proposal FP6-2004-SCIENCE-AND-SOCIETY-11 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator UNIVERSITÄT INNSBRUCK EU contribution No data Address Innrain 52 INNSBRUCK Austria See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Calepina 14 TRENTO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address - RICHMOND, SURREY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOFIISKI UNIVERSITET "SVETI KLIMENT OHRIDSKI" Bulgaria EU contribution No data Address 15, Tzar Osvoboditel boul. SOFIA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Bedford Way 20 LONDON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
