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OBJECTIVE Students will be able to determine what seeds need and plan a garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do seeds grow? Why is it important to know where our seeds come from? What do seeds need? How can we make change through our food system MATERIALS NEEDED Seed packets. Approx. 30 different crops.Index cardsCrop plan template […]
OBJECTIVE Students will understand the relationships between different plants and how plants help each other grow. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Why do we plant different plants together? How can plants help other plants? MATERIALS NEEDED Six packs of plants (one per pair of students) Potting soil Tomatoes (and marigolds, if not already started) Watering cans Labels and […]
OBJECTIVE Students will figure out where to search for bugs, and will observe some of the bugs that live in the garden. If you do this lesson towards the end of a series on bugs (in our toolkit, we lump worm painting, worm stories, pollinators in the garden, and building a worm bin into a […]
OBJECTIVE Students will learn about each of the five senses and connect them to something in the garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Which senses do we use in the garden? MATERIALS NEEDED A plant/seeds for each sense, hand rakes, trowels, bagged compost (optional), laminated copy of the 5 senses scavenger hunt worksheet to use as a reminder […]
MA CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS 1-LS1-1 1-LS3-1 OBJECTIVE Students will understand the concept of fruit as anything with seeds in it. Students will infer that the size of a fruit does not indicate the size or amount of seeds. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Where do seeds come from? How are seeds and fruits different from one another? MATERIALS NEEDED […]
OBJECTIVE Students will understand the process of pollination and why it’s important. Students will be able to name some pollinators. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Who are our pollinators? What happens during pollination? Why do plants need it? MATERIALS NEEDED Activity One: Black and white pictures of flowers for children to color in, markers/colored pencils, colored chalk, printed […]
