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ERIC Number: EJ1252145
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jan
Pages: 3
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0269-2465
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Curiosity, Co-Creation and Constructing Knowledge with Hydroponics for Sustainable Wellbeing
Temple-Clothier, Anne
Primary Science, n156 p11-13 Jan 2019
Building on a project that began in 2016, Leeds Beckett University students have continued to work with a local Community Investment Company (CIC) that uses surplus food to facilitate learning around wellbeing and sustainable development. This year students focused on designing a science education pack that would enhance learning and facilitate activities centering on the use of hydroponic installations in key stage 2 classrooms. Hydroponics was chosen as a tool to engage children's imagination and capture their attention. To prepare the education resources, the undergraduate students researched three key areas: (1) hydroponics; (2) the science element of the key stage 2 National Curriculum; and (3) the United Nations "Sustainable Development Goals." Their outcomes were to produce a body of work that not only offered a variety of activities to develop key stage 2 skills, including planning, recording and evaluating, but also to provide creative opportunities to facilitate conversations around ecology, sustainable development and wellbeing.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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