Healing Plant Ethics and Signage Proposal

by Eric Gonzalez-Payne

Grade 6Ages 11 to 12·Nature and science·Worksheet
Healing Plant Ethics and Signage Proposal

A sign that overclaims is worse than no sign. This task is to write ones that are accurate and still interesting.

The hard part is conveying uncertainty without sounding like a disclaimer. Traditionally used for is honest. Cures is not. Some evidence suggests is honest and takes practice to write well.

The page has the sign template, a language guide, a review checklist and an ethics discussion frame. Signs produced here go up in the real garden, which means the accuracy standard is not hypothetical and students know it.

Eric Gonzalez-Payne

Eric Gonzalez-Payne

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Ed.M. in Educational Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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