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The Fairchild Challenge and BGCIPlants and climate change: which future?
The report talks about how plants are responding to climate change and how this will affect us all. From plants having to move to stay alive, to whether the many insects and birds that pollinate them will be able to move in the same way, to whether people will be able to grow enough food - we need to understand and listen to the stories plants are telling us.
The Fairchild Challenge
It offers a menu of separate but parallel interdisciplinary Challenge options for middle and high schools, attracting students of diverse interests, abilities, talents and backgrounds. The Fairchild Challenge is currently in its seventh year and engages more than 40,000 students and 1,800 teachers from 102 secondary schools! BGCI is teaming up with Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and all the Fairchild Challenge Satellite sites to offer the 'Cartoons for Climate Change' Challenge option below. Selected cartoons will be uploaded onto BGCI's website in May 2009.
Cartoons for Climate Change!This is your Fairchild Plants and Climate Change Challenge: 1 - Choose a chapter from the links below and decide on a case study to work on.An overview of current climate change The physiological responses of plants to climate change Observing and predicting plant responses to climate change Links between climate change, plants and livelihoods Managing the impacts of climate change on plant diversity 2 - Create a cartoon, consisting of up to 4 frames in either black and white or colour, to illustrate the case study you have chosen.• Cartoon size should be 8” x 10” and the design must be presented on 8½” x 11” white paper. • Original, hand-rendered or computer-generated work is acceptable. (If selected, students may be asked to provide computer-generated designs on a CD). • Cartoons will be judged on artistry, creativity, humour and ability to communicate the case study selected. • Top entries will be uploaded onto BGCI’s website and made available for botanic gardens and teachers worldwide to use in their teaching about plants and climate change. 3 - On a separate sheet, type or neatly hand-write a paragraph (no more than 200 words) to explain why you chose this particular case study.4 - Follow the specifications and timelines outlined as directed by your Fairchild Challenge programme.5 - Questions? Please contact your local Fairchild Challenge staff or contact us here at BGCI on info@bgci.orgGet drawing and good luck! |
BGCI's involvement with The Fairchild Challenge this year is all about plants and climate change, and relates to our new report: 