SCIENCE EDUCATION Spring 2021 PlantingScience Session Summary
MENTORS URGENTLY NEEDED FOR NEW TREE-MENDOUS BENEFITS OF TREES MODULE
With the addition of a new, pandemicfriendly module—the Tree-Mendous Benefits of Trees (https://plantingscience. org/benefitsoftrees)—and the continued popularity of the Wonder of Seeds module, we have a large spring session with 28 groups! The participating schools range from in-person to hybrid to remote learning schedules, and we are thrilled and grateful to these teachers for bringing their students to the platform. We are also seeing new mentors signing up and quickly being assigned to teams. Students and mentors were busy introducing themselves and coming up with research projects.
Seven of the 28 PlantingScience groups are using the new module, thus creating an urgent rush in demand for mentors who are willing to mentor for this module. The 32 mentors who have updated their profiles are swamped! If you or someone you know might like to mentor middle- and high-school students as they work through this fun module, please update your profile at https://plantingscience. org/login or register to be a mentor on PlantingScience at https://plantingscience. org/register now!
TEACHING REMOTELY WITH PLANTINGSCIENCE Between the fall and spring sessions, we surveyed PlantingScience teachers and developed a new resource: Remote Learning Tips (https://plantingscience.org/psteachers/ remotelearningtips). This resource can help teachers determine which module might work best and how to make it work in their By Dr. Catrina Adams, Dr. Jodi Creasap Gee, classes, be they remote, hybrid, or in-person. Education Director Education Technology We hope it provides useful guidance for all of Manager our teachers. 36
