Seeding the Future: Blending Urban Gardening With Community Outreach and STEM Learning

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 College
Andrea 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

Related URLs

Full Text
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