July 2, 2006
Bright and beautiful photographs taken by local school children during their visits to Oxford University's Botanic Garden are being displayed at Science Oxford. The photographs are the result of a project, which encourages students to learn about energy transfer by closely observing the structure of a selection of exotic plants. The comments of the young people that accompany their accomplished photographs are a delight and encourage the viewer to revisit the nearby Botanic Garden and take a fresh view. Plant parts such as the small concentric leaves of Saxifraga longitolia are described as 'sour sweets covered in sugar' and the Panama Hat Palm is seen as 'either a massive tongue or a really amazing slide!'
If knowledge is its own reward then we are privileged to share in the joy of the learning process that these youngsters experience. Their written pieces convey with enthusiasm their discoveries on how pollination works and how plants defend themselves. Eleven year old and fourteen year old students (from John Henry Newman Primary School and Peers Technology College respectively) are given full instruction in using the digital camera and guidance in photographic composition. The result is a display of professional quality. Look out for the sun beaming out of the exhibition space window: it's made up of a mosaic of the young photographers' early study of all things orange, and it beckons you in!
If knowledge is its own reward then we are privileged to share in the joy of the learning process that these youngsters experience. Their written pieces convey with enthusiasm their discoveries on how pollination works and how plants defend themselves. Eleven year old and fourteen year old students (from John Henry Newman Primary School and Peers Technology College respectively) are given full instruction in using the digital camera and guidance in photographic composition. The result is a display of professional quality. Look out for the sun beaming out of the exhibition space window: it's made up of a mosaic of the young photographers' early study of all things orange, and it beckons you in!