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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Quick Facts about BBG Opened in 1910 52 acres “Many Gardens Within a Garden” Steinhardt Conservatories Our award-winning Visitor Center opened in May 2012. It features a living roof and a geoexchange system for heating and cooling!
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BBG’s Newest Addition: The Native Flora Garden Extension
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The Native Flora Garden Created in 1921, the Native Flora Garden is BBG’s oldest collection, housing plants native to within 100 miles of New York City.
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The Native Flora Garden Extension Features plant communities shaded out in our current Native Flora Garden: Upland Pine Barrens Serpentine Grasslands Lowland Pine Barrens Coastal Plain Meadow Interpretation that supports middle school science concepts and literacy skills
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Steinhardt Conservatory
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Field Trips to BBG Free for school groups year-round Register online for guaranteed entry to the Steinhardt Conservatory: www.bbg.org/learn/schools E XPLORATION T OURS can be purchased to support middle school science content
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School Workshop Exploration Tours Choose from one of the following topics: Exploring for Plants We Use (Ethnobotany) Ecological Explorations (Plant Adaptations) Exploration Tours include: An inquiry-based activity A guided Garden exploration Each student pots up a plant to take home!
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Using Your UA Vouchers at BBG Redeem your UA class trip voucher for a UA G ARDEN E XPEDITION guided program. Each program includes: – An instructor-led introduction to the topic – A guided tour highlighting BBG’s plant collections – Journaling activities – A hands-on planting activity for students to take home – Special curriculum to extend Garden learning into the classroom Choose from the following topics: – Plant Adaptations: Thriving in a Challenging Environment – Multiplying Plants: An Introduction to Asexual Reproduction
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Using Your UA Vouchers at BBG Follow these steps to redeem your UA voucher for a UA G ARDEN E XPEDITION : 1.Choose your dates Programs fill up fast, so call well in advance and have several dates in mind 2.Call BBG’s Registration Office at 718-623-7220 Tell them you are an Urban Advantage teacher who will be paying with UA vouchers 3.Have questions? Email urbanadvantage@bbg.org or call BBG’s Teacher Education Coordinator at 718-623-7381urbanadvantage@bbg.org
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Field Trips to BBG Why? To support long-term science investigations To support science content learning: Plant Adaptations Plant Structures and Systems Reproductive Patterns Ecosystems and Interdependence Food Chains and Food Webs Climates and Biomes
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Field Trips to BBG How? Register online for a free self-guided tour: http://www.bbg.org/learn/schools To schedule an Exploration Tour or UA Garden Expedition, call our Registration Office at 718-623-7220 Before your trip, visit the Garden using your UA Teacher Voucher
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Questions? Contact us! Email: urbanadvantage@bbg.orgurbanadvantage@bbg.org Phone: 718-623-7381 We’re here to help: Identify areas of the Garden to visit Select grade- and season-appropriate topics Share materials we’ve developed (journals, handouts, etc.)
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