Greenhouse science connects laboratory with community
May 2, 2013
There are no desks or chalkboards. Instead, there are shovels and greenhouses.
Emily Saarinen, assistant professor of biological sciences at ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø, incorporates community outreach into her Environmental Science 301 course. A group of students recently traveled to Howe School in Dearborn, where they beautified the grounds with plants. "We're trying to incorporate community service with science," said ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø-Dearborn student Tara Knapp.