May 15th, 2017 | RESEARCH
Learn how to create opportunities for young people from low-income, ethnically diverse communities to learn about growing food, doing science, and how science can help them contribute to their community in positive ways. The authors developed a program that integrates hydroponics (a method of growing plants indoors without soil) into both in-school and out-of-school educational settings.
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Team Members
Amie Patchen, Author, Boston CollegeAndrea Aeschlimann, Author, Revere Public Schools
Anne Vera-Cruz, Author, Boston College
Anushree Kamath, Author, Boston College
Deborah Jose, Author, Newton Public Schools
Jackie DeLisi, Author, Education Development Center
Michael Barnett, Author, Boston College
Paul Madden, Author, Boston College
Rajeev Rupani, Author, Boston College
Citation
Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 2475-8779
Publication: Connected Science Learning
Volume: 3
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ITEST
Award Number: 1312073
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A Strategies Project - Seeding the Future: Creating a Green Collar Workforce Through Learning about Indoor Urban Farming Technologies and Alternative Energy Sources
Tags
Access and Inclusion: Ethnic | Racial | Low Socioeconomic Status | Urban
Audience: Adults | Educators | Teachers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Evaluators | Learning Researchers | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Undergraduate | Graduate Students | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture | General STEM
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Community Outreach Programs | Informal | Formal Connections | K-12 Programs | Laboratory Programs | Park | Outdoor | Garden Programs | Public Programs