We designed and implemented two instructional approaches to plant education, with the intention of supporting positive attitudes toward plants among sixth-grade students (11–13 years old). In one instructional approach, students prepared a book about plants that have interesting characteristics. In the other approach, students visited a botanical garden. The purpose of the study was to compare the effects of these approaches on students’ attitudes toward plants.
Attitudes toward Plants: Comparing the Impact of Instruction through Writing & through a Botanical Garden Trip

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