Vertical Gardens and Rooftop Farms

Students will explore alternative agriculture methods occurring in urban environments.

Introduction:

Ask students, “What do farms look like? Together, let’s draw a farm.”

Invite students to come up and add elements onto a farm on a large piece of paper/blackboard.

Ask students, “Where is this farm?” Recall some farm visits students may have taken.

Explain to students that more than half of the world’s population lives in cities, far away from farms. But how does the food get to them?

Now there are farms in cities! Let’s look at a few.

Activity:

Students look at photos of urban farms, and work in small groups to identify various elements of the farm, and either draw or write them down.

Wrap up/ Assessment:

Come back together as a class and compare/contrast farms on the island with urban farms based on the photos.

Refer to the Jobs of a Farmer lesson that students have done. How are the jobs different for urban farmers? What do urban farmers look like?

Extensions:

Students create their own models of rooftop farms using cardboard and materials from the garden.

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