The Botany Coloring Book

By Paul Young

The Botany Coloring Book is an exciting, new approach to learning botany. Though this book is of particular value to students of botany, any reader with an interest in plant life will find it an enjoyable and highly effective way to learn about plants.

Coloring provides an effective means of learning the fundamentals of botany. The structure and function of plants, a survey of the Plant Kingdom, and associated botanical terminology are all learned through the coloring process. Participation by the reader, through creative coloring, provides significant learning reinforcement. The text accompanying each coloring plate provides supportive explanatory material and leads the reader through the plate in a step-by-step manner. When finished, the colored plates provide an excellent review that the reader has helped create.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00IZLRBKI
• ISBN13: 9780064603027
• Release Date: April 1982
• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.1" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

The Botany Coloring Book

I am presently enrolled in a Botany course at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA. This book was recommended as a study guide. I found it to be excellent in helping me to visually understand the inner workings of plants. Great coloring book, too.

Botany Coloring Book

I found this extremely helpful for a Botany For Gardener's course I am taking. Even though it seems to take a long time to color each page, it really helps to visualize the material and remember it more easily.

This study technique works well for me.

At first you have to hide the fact that at, age 53, you are using a coloring book! Nevertheless I have stuck with it through a number of pages and have found out that my retention and ability to recall through visualizing the diagrams increases many fold versus the read and think method. When I revisit the pages to study the topic it comes back much easier. The book seems to be a good balance between the written text/descriptions and the illustrations. It takes a fairly big time commitment and at times you ask yourself, "Is this the best use of my study time?". Well after a few days the accuracy of my retention answered that question with a huge YES. It is much more technical than how one might visualize as 'coloring book'. I really do enjoy it and am learning the topics.

Excellent for older students including college age

This is an incredibly detailed and thorough examination of the anatomy and physiology of plants. A great way to for visual learners to supplement their learning experience. I found it extremely helpful in my college Introductory Botany course.

This book is interesting and fun!

I wanted to know more about plants and how to look at plants. How do you start without to find out when you do not really want to commit time to doing a college course or reading technical books? I am more than pleased to find a book that is so complete and is written for adults. Can't belive how much fun I'm having with it. Thanks, Authors!