Compost Game

OBJECTIVE Students roll dice to collect cards with different ingredients for compost. This game is an introduction to the term “decompose”, “compost”, and “decomposer”. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are decomposers?What do they do?What are the ingredients in compost? MATERIALS NEEDED Compost game cardsDice PROCEDURE Before the lessons print and cut out the compost game cards. On […]

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Cover Crop in the Garden

OBJECTIVE Students understand the role of plant matter and microorganisms in building healthy soil. Students will be able to plant a cover crop ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How can we build soil? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE This lesson could be done in early spring or in the fall. Introduction:​ Tell your students they are now in charge of […]

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Crop Planning

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to determine what seeds need and plan a garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS MATERIALS NEEDED Seed packets. Approx. 30 different crops.Index cardsCrop plan template (helpful to have on Google Docs, so students can workon it, and see it on the smartboard during class) PROCEDURE Introduction:Review the work we’ve done together in the […]

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Companion Planting

OBJECTIVE Students will act out how plants help each other grow Students will plant companion plants ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why do we plant different plants together? How can plants help other plants? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Ask students what it means to be a friend. Explain that humans are not the only living things that have […]

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Colonial America- Grains /Oats

OBJECTIVE To discover how New England colonists survived with limited means through bartering, hard agricultural work, and reliance on crops like hulless peelcorn oats. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What role did oats play in colonial history? How does food build community? MATERIALS NEEDED Pre-made Porridge (oats, molasses, water/milk, cinnamon stick), crock-pot, bowls and spoons, oat seeds, seed […]

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Colonial America- Harvest Season

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to identify the food that the colonists ate and the reasons why these crops were typical for Colonial America ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What did the early colonists eat? Where did their food come from? Why and how did their diets differ from the Old World? Why was the harvest season so […]

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