Pizza Garden

OBJECTIVE Students will utilize the principles of arcs, tangents, circumference, radius, and circular area to design a “Pizza Garden”. Students will see how moving from equations to real life presents challenges, and at the same time how important it is to know the equations to make the application work. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How can we use […]

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Moon Gardening

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to make connection between gardening and the phases of the moon Students will be able to label a moon calendar with moon phases and the plants that are best to plant during this phase ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How are the moon and the garden connected? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Ask students, […]

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Moon Gardening Experiment

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to identify the ideal moon phase to plant their seed Students will be able to draw observations of their growing plants Students will be able to compare two plants planted during different moon phases ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How does the moon affect the plants in our garden? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: […]

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Seasons and Light Expirement

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to notice the effects of light on plants Students will be able to make connections about how seasons affect plant growth Students will be able to draw observations about their plants Students will be able to make a hypothesis about how light will affect their plants growth ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What […]

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Plant Breeding

OBJECTIVES Students will be able to explain what a plant breeder does, and know the definition of trait and variety. Students will understand that eaters and gardeners have the power to choose which kinds of crops continue to thrive. Students will be able to start seeds. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What does it mean to breed plants? […]

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Pollinator Poetry

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to use relevant words from observations about the garden Students will be able to transplant flower starts ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do we plant a pollinator garden? How can we capture the experience of the garden in a poem? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Ask students: what do we already know about […]

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