Talking about plants - Comments of primary school groups looking at plant exhibits in a botanical garden

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-34

  Tunnicliffe, Sue Dale ^a,b  

^a HOMERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversations; Plants; Primary school visit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036344952     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2001.9655792     Document Type: Article

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