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Monday, October 20, 2008
HFP Guide for Science Teachers
Have at Johnny Depp and recipes for hibiscus tea, meanwhile learn about science on Human Flower Project, too. Two LSU scholars uncover the teaching potential of HFP and we post their discovery for teachers to use.
Introducing HFP’s Guide for Teachers, inspiration for
your science class
Image: Human Flower Project
Does it make money? No. Is it finding a cure for shingles ? Doubtful. Then why bother with the Human Flower Project, now in its fifth year?
Actually, we’ve never cooked up much of a raison d’etre, so how delightful to have one supplied! Kate March and Jim Wandersee, a biologist and a botanist at Louisiana State University, inform us that the Human Flower Project is a teaching tool.
Kate, a Ph.D. candidate in biology education at LSU, is part of the 15 Degree Laboratory, Dr. Wandersee’s research hub for life science literacy and plant science education.
This past spring, Jim asked Kate to explore the archives of the Human Flower Project, from our inception in September 2004 through April 2008. She pulled out roughly 200 posts that can be used to teach science. (And you thought this was just a Johnny Depp fanzine!)