Seasons and Light

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to act out how the number of hours of sunlight changes with the seasons Students will be able to draw what a plant looks like during a given season ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are seasons? How do seasons affect us? How do seasons affect plants? What kinds of tools can we […]

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Rainbow Scavenger Hunt

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to find all of the colors in the garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is growing in our garden? What foods do I eat? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction Explain that you have a challenge for the class. Tell the class that you challenge them to find every color of the rainbow in […]

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Radish Pickling

OBJECTIVE Students will understand the pickling process and work cooperatively with their team to make a batch of radish pickles ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Where does food come from? How are fresh foods preserved? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Today we are going to pickle radishes just like we talked about last week. But the first thing we […]

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Fall Cover Cropping

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to prepare the garden for winter ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What happens in our garden in the Fall? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction Ask everyone what the season is, and whether plants can keep living as it gets colder. Explain that it is time to put the garden to sleep for the winter. […]

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Pollinators in the Garden

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to explore flowers and pollinator specimen ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Who are our pollinators? What’s inside a flower? What does a flower turn into? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE IntroductionStart with a discussion: Who are our pollinators? Make a list. Ask: Why they are important? This part will need a little explanation, such as […]

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Planting in the Garden

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to plant in the garden. Including weeding, adding compost mixing, planting seeds and watering ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What do plants need to grow? How do we plant in the garden? MATERIALS NEEDED • Seeds• Trowels• Compost• Watering cans• Bucket filled with water for dipping watering cans into PROCEDURE Make sure that […]

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