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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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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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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Plan a Whaler’s Menu

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to design a whaler’s menu considering the limitations of eating on a whaling ship ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Where does food come from? How does food build community? How do we preserve our fresh harvests? How did sailors adapt to the food options on a whaling ship? How did mealtime build and […]

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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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