Benefits for educators and teachers
Are you an educator working in a botanic garden and outdoor learning centre?
Through participating in an INQUIRE course you will:
►Gain skills in teaching IBSE. In particular, you will learn how to implement the circle of inquiry-based education (see diagram below)
►Learn how to support teachers in implementing IBSE in the classroom and botanic garden – through offering equipment, background knowledge and advice, and a forum for discussion and reflection
►Understand how to provide teachers and students with real world experiences in science through enabling them to carry out inquiry based activities in the botanic garden and offering access to a range of resources including scientists
►Increase the relevance of your site to teachers and students
Are you a teacher?
Through participating in an INQUIRE course you will:
►Gain skills in teaching IBSE. In particular, you will learn how to implement the circle of inquiry-based education (see diagram below)
►Motivate your students in science and geography by enabling them to learn outside the classroom.
►Increase the self-confidence of girls to study science through access to resources relevant to their daily lives.
►Be able to provide your students with real world experiences in science by linking with the botanic garden and encouraging students to carry out experiments in the garden and meet with actual scientists
►Gain support from a leading scientific institution in your country
►Find out about a whole range of IBSE resources suitable for learning inside and outside the classroom
Circle of inquiry-based education
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17/04/12 | Moscow
Carrots, dill, parsley and other kitchen-garden plants (testing of a computerized guide to the Umbelliferae family by INQUIRE course students)
What do these well known plants have in common, other than that man has learned how to use them and they grow in vegetable plots? We suggest discussing this question during lessons with students as part of the INQUIRE project as a way of introducing them to the diversity of Umbelliferae plants and their uses. We developed this lesson for the MSU Botanic Garden INQUIRE course in connection with the publication of a major reference book entitled “Umbelliferae of Russia” and a computerized guide containing information on all of the roughly 288 Umbelliferae species growing in Russia.
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View all resourcesGo to our resource section for plenty of ideas on how to teach IBSE. We’ve searched through many books, education packs and websites to find resources relevant for teaching in botanic gardens and other informal education settings.
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15/05/12 | London
Club Of Rome Sees 2 Degree Celsius Rise In 40 Years
Rising carbon dioxide emissions will cause a global average temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius by 2052 and a 2.8 degree rise by 2080, as governments and markets are unlikely to do enough against climate change, the Club of Rome think tank said. Failing to tackle climate change in the first half of this century will put the world on a dangerous track to warming in the second half, even though global population should peak in 2042 at 8.1 billion and economic growth will be much slower than expected in mature economies, the Switzerland-based body said in a report on 8th May.
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