Root and branch reform: teaching city kids about urban trees
Issue 146 | Page 21 | Published Jan 2017
Description
Mark Walker shares his ideas for teaching city children about urban trees, an ideal approach to teaching a range of geography, maths and science topics at primary level, while helping to reconnect the children with the natural world around them.
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