The experiences are designed to be sequential and build a general knowledge of horticulture in levels 1 and 2, level 3 expands into more self determined learning activities and careers. All are fully experiential and designed to address life skills. The original manuals were piloted within Illinois, feedback was used to revise them, they were submitted to the jurists, feedback was used to revise again. Leaders guide contains more horticulture background for activities, group activities, discussion guides, answers for problems and resource lists including URLs.
Activities relate to goals for learning in science.
August 1996 Date Accepted Into Nat'l. Follows an experiential processing format. Nice mixture of learning experiences. Difficult to construct a 'one size fits all' unit in the area of reading level, subject matter, and suggested learning experiences. Layout and spacing are issues for users with mental and physical disabilities.