Planting Garlic

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to plant garlic ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What grows during each seasons? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE IntroductionBegin with an inquiry about the season and observations about nature’s current cycle. Plants are going dormant for the winter, and will wake up again in the Spring. We will plant our bulbs, which will rest in […]

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Planting Experiment

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to list the things plants need to grow Students will be able to make a hypothesis about if seeds will grow with out water, light or soil Students will be able to draw a picture of what they predict their seeds will look like in a week ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What […]

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Planning our Garden

OBJECTIVE Students will understand the different growing needs of different plants, the difference between perennial and annual plants. Students will understand the benefits and challenges of an annual raised bed growing system. Students are able to. organize a planting chart for different annual crops based on their growing needs. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are the diverse […]

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Edible Forest Gardens 

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to select plants for a food forest Students will be able to identify how a tree, bush and ground cover of their choice would contribute to a food forrest ecosystem ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How does a forest ecosystem function? What are the benefits of growing food forests? What kinds of resources […]

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Plant Part Scavenger Hunt

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to identify different plant parts they eat in the garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are the parts of a plant? What plant parts do I eat? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction Start with the Seed Yoga lesson or a growing song to review the parts of a plant. One growing song option: […]

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Pizza Garden

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to design a pizza garden based on plants spacing needs ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What do plants need to grow? How do I grow a garden? How do plants grow and change over time? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction:There are so many ways we can grow food in a garden, and one of […]

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