Plants people and possibilities by gail bromley mbe
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This document discusses various approaches to using plants and Kew Gardens to educate people across different audiences and communities. It highlights programs that use plants to teach critical thinking skills and engage difficult to reach groups like youth and those with disabilities. Partnerships with other organizations help expand the reach of educational activities. Keeping educational programs fresh through theme-based festivals and utilizing online resources allows more people to engage with plants and science.
Plants people and possibilities by gail bromley mbe
- 1. Plants, People andPlants, People and PossibilitiesPossibilities Gail Bromley MBE FLSGail Bromley MBE FLS
- 3. SchoolsSchools Some different approachesSome different approaches
- 4. Kews Wildlife ZoneKews Wildlife Zone
- 5. Wildlife Zone (2)Wildlife Zone (2)
- 6. Using plants across the curriculumUsing plants across the curriculum
- 8. Nature as inspirationNature as inspiration
- 9. Ivy
- 11. Technology
- 13. The Palm House RapThe Palm House Rap The Palm House RapThe Palm House Rap
- 21. Critical thinking skillsCritical thinking skills Research Observation Solving mysteries Recording data
- 22. ITT / CPD
- 23. Teacher training through twilight taster sessions
- 24. Workshop on plant healthWorkshop on plant health
- 25. TrailTrail Look at the bare patches. Why are they there? Look at the soil. What has been added to it? Some plants need help to stand up? What supports them in the wild? What has happened to this tree? Why? Does this bed look crowded? What are the plants competing for?
- 26. .Reaching new and difficult to reach.Reaching new and difficult to reach community audiencescommunity audiences
- 27. The value of working togetherThe value of working together Increased understanding Shared knowledge Broad based consensus Better network support Strength in numbers Direct action Increased ability Feeling of ownership Empowerment
- 28. Community AudiencesCommunity Audiences Some of our specific audiences :Some of our specific audiences : Young peopleYoung people People with disabilitiesPeople with disabilities Local community groups/organisations in theLocal community groups/organisations in the BAME rangeBAME range
- 29. Joint projects people and plantsJoint projects people and plants Shared stories of culturalShared stories of cultural and scientific values ofand scientific values of plantsplants Understanding how we useUnderstanding how we use plantsplants Recognising our commonRecognising our common HeritageHeritage Working on oral historyWorking on oral history with local Asian womenwith local Asian women Stories on cotton, sugar,Stories on cotton, sugar, rice and tearice and tea Stories translated intoStories translated into dance and theatre bydance and theatre by schoolchildren (6schoolchildren (6thth formform drama students)drama students)
- 31. Community Collaboration Community Collaboration Kingcups and kangaroosKingcups and kangaroos
- 32. Temple of the ImaginationTemple of the Imagination
- 37. Animated garden- a project to engageAnimated garden- a project to engage difficult to reach young peopledifficult to reach young people
- 38. BYT Experimental Theatre Group-BYT Experimental Theatre Group- Marvellous Marianne performanceMarvellous Marianne performance
- 42. Key partner organisationsKey partner organisations Historic Royal PalacesHistoric Royal Palaces Orleans GalleryOrleans Gallery British MuseumBritish Museum Ealing CollegeEaling College Feltham ArtsFeltham Arts
- 43. encouraging 韓温馨庄鉛艶壊encouraging 韓温馨庄鉛艶壊
- 44. Keeping the product fresh - Festivals Orchid FestivalOrchid Festival Spring FestivalSpring Festival Woodland WondersWoodland Wonders Summer FestivalSummer Festival Autumn FestivalAutumn Festival Christmas FestivalChristmas Festival
- 45. Theme: MediterraneanTheme: Mediterranean Plus Sunflowers Lavender field Plants and smells exhibition Chilli display Build a Beach! Olive pressing Med garden re-vamp
- 59. Plan forSite VISITOR INFO for the KEW site to explore maps and venues EDUCATION pages for information on SCHOOLS education
- 61. 72% of households in the UK now have72% of households in the UK now have internet accessinternet access
- 62. 87% of children over the age of 12 own a87% of children over the age of 12 own a mobile phonemobile phone
- 63. Over 55s who use the Internet spend anOver 55s who use the Internet spend an average of 42 hours online per weekaverage of 42 hours online per week
- 64. Who might use it?Who might use it? Engaged a 10 yr old who would otherwise want to kick a ball
- 67. Support for your programmes Web ResourcesWeb Resources Kew (+ Great Plant Hunt) www.kew.orgKew (+ Great Plant Hunt) www.kew.org RHSRHS www.rhs.org.ukwww.rhs.org.uk FACE / Growing Schools www.face-online.org.ukFACE / Growing Schools www.face-online.org.uk Plant Scientists InvestigatePlant Scientists Investigate www.plantscafe.netwww.plantscafe.net NetworksNetworks BGENBGEN www.bgen.org.ukwww.bgen.org.uk BGCIBGCI www.bgci.orgwww.bgci.org PersonnelPersonnel Contracted teaching staffContracted teaching staff VolunteersVolunteers Local collegesLocal colleges Teachers on placementTeachers on placement
Editor's Notes
- Opening all gates hopes to encourage new and diverse audiences, however each audience requires different tactics for engagement We may still need to prioritise which audiences will be critical for each site to engage with, based on the stakeholders needs and sustainable resources. As a large, national organisation, with WH status, Kew is expected to reach out to a large number of audiences 1.5 general visitors 100,000 schoolchildren This year (in direct contact ie workshops) c800 outreach contacts
- 2 local schools designed, helped construct and researched all the interpretation . Info on how project ran and outputs / outcomes on Kew website Wildlife Zone.
- Benefits Ownership Community reach Repeat visits by parents and grandparents
- Curriculum links are easy to make - history
- Maths
- Religion / Cultural history
- Geography / trade / Climate change
- Kids love to engage with their subject rather than just be told facts. Let them do their own research, gather info, analyse it and present it in their own way mystery raps maybe.
- Huge potential interest: e.g. Rainforests & woodlands, Kew international projects, medicinal plants Love digital e.g. Games, mobile services, online experiments Young peoples use of kew.org: 5% Schools: dont currently use Kew for learning resources, but would like to.
- Participation
- Whatever you do think about making a difference. Use critical thinking skill programmes
- One way to work and encourage new support ITT or CPD Teachers on placement can develop new resources for you in a number of subject areas . Student teachers approach LOtC with a new vision and are more likely to bring back their classes
- At Kew, as elsewhere, we realise how important it is that we all work together to preserve and look after our resources. If we dont all pull in the same direction there will be very little for our children and grandchildren to inherit. Together, if we all value our resources and try to live more sustainably we can make a real difference
- 5 community groups + Disabled Photographers Society , UK worked collaboratively to design and furbish a new Chinese Ting inspired bt Chambers.
- Photos and visitor surveys of exciting aspects of Kew, using digital cameras. Videos and still resources developed by group. Engaging with Kew in a new way as well as capacity building for a normally disinterested group!
- Barnes Youth Theatre
- Higher than north america Globally 1.2bn Asia largest region with 460M This is THE ONLY channel for Kew to reach its target mass global audience
- And its the single thing above TV that they say they would miss the most. The internet comes second
- Only 16% of them use it at the moment, but this is growing rapidly 25% of all UK intenet usage is by over 50s So this medium really does have the potential to reach all of our audience segments - from local to global And deliver across all the other priority areas of the LA