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Contents<br />
OUR achievements – Strategic Priority 1A<br />
Business Plan specific outcomes<br />
(and associated Corporate Plan actions)<br />
Progress against specific outcomes and actions<br />
Specific Outcome 3<br />
(Relating to Corporate Plan Action 1)<br />
Deliver diverse, high quality educational programs<br />
throughout RBG Melbourne and RBG Cranbourne.<br />
New programs will engage students in water<br />
conservation issues, climate change, protecting<br />
biodiversity and sustainable gardening practices.<br />
In particular:<br />
a. launch two new education programs as part of<br />
the Guilfoyle’s Volcano project, and<br />
b. develop the Schools Education Programs for<br />
the Australian Garden Stage 2.<br />
Education Services continued to deliver high<br />
quality learning experiences to students visiting both<br />
sites. Activities included the following initiatives:<br />
a. The launch of four new educational programs,<br />
one for primary students and three for secondary<br />
students, in August <strong>2010</strong>:<br />
– The ‘Water Plants Life!’ program for primary<br />
students links with the Guilfoyle’s Volcano project<br />
and investigates the inter-relationship of water<br />
and plants and how people can grow more plants<br />
with less water<br />
– The ‘Plant Power’ program for secondary students<br />
looks at the many aspects of plant growth<br />
– The ‘Water Management’ program for secondary<br />
students also links with the Guilfoyle’s Volcano<br />
project and aims to give students a full<br />
understanding of the history of water use at RBG<br />
Melbourne and suggest ways that water-saving<br />
techniques can be used in the wider community<br />
– The ‘Science of Soil’ program for secondary<br />
students investigates various aspects of soil and<br />
aims to develop an understanding of the important<br />
role of soil in sustaining life on Earth.<br />
b. Development of programs for the Australian<br />
Garden Stage 2 commenced. Programs<br />
developed included ‘How to Garden’, which<br />
supports student understanding of gardening<br />
practice in an Australian context, and ‘Carbon<br />
Cycle’, which looks at the role of humans and<br />
plants in mitigating the impacts of climate change.<br />
These programs will be delivered in the Australian<br />
Garden Stage 2 when it opens in mid-2012.<br />
<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Botanic</strong> <strong>Gardens</strong> Board Victoria <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2010</strong>–11 page 35