Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education
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Abstract
Gardening is an exciting, approachable way to teach kids about plants. A good gardening program doesn't need to be one more thing thrown on your plate; by integrating it into the curriculum, gardening can be easy and interdisciplinary. Interdisciplinary projects enhance young peoples' ability to make connections among isolated facts, and to find meaning among those arbitrary facts. A U.S. News and World Report article (January 1993) pointed out that some interdisciplinary pilot projects in New York and Los Angeles schools even improved school attendance, and decreased drop-out rates.
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Marcia Eames-Sheavly
(1998)
"Making Interdisciplinary Connections to Your School Gardening Program,"
Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education: Vol. 11:
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2, Article 3.
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