Association for Biology Laboratory Education

A lesson in prairie conservation: An example of collaborative science outreach to local community schools through cooperation between local industry and undergraduate students at a local university
 

Darla G. French and Susan J. Karcher

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2005, Volume 26

Abstract

Eli Lilly Company provided supplies for undergraduate students to plan and deliver lessons in prairie conservation to local elementary school students. The resulting lesson and laboratory experiment focused on purple coneflower germination. Elementary school students planted mature coneflowers, grown during the course of the experiment at Eli Lilly’s local prairie restoration plot.

Keywords:  prairie

Bowling Green State University, Ohio (2004)