Botanical Garden

Objective:

Students describe a major attraction in the Bronx. They locate the attraction on a map, identify how to travel to get there, and identify the types of jobs that people might have there or businesses that it might support.

Questions to Explore:

What is the New York Botanical Gardens?  Where is it?  How do you get there?  Where do the plants come from? How is the Conservatory designed for the plants?  What special activities happen at the Garden? Who works at the New York Botanical Garden?

 Materials:

Suggested Photos:

Daffodils Along the Garden Path

Children Visit the Garden

Saturday Classes at the Garden

New York Botanical Garden Conservatory

Snuff Mill 

Suggested Bronxboro Article & Website:

Recreation, Education and Research Through Plants

New York Botanical Garden (web site) 

Sample Subjects:

Garden; Parks; Flowers; Plants; Mills