Figure 2.

Putting the Pieces Together: The Cycle of Engagement.

Designing sustainable partnerships requires careful, ongoing consideration of the needs and resources of everyone involved. The plant science and K-12 communities each have their own motivations that spawn collaboration. The resulting outcomes and impacts, demonstrated through evaluation, serve as motivation to continue the collaboration and as findings and products that can be shared with new audiences, in turn motivating others to start their own collaborations.