Making a Lasagna Garden

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to build a lasagna garden bed ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is decomposition? How do we build healthy soil? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction:Ask students: what happens to leaves when they fall off the trees in the woods? Bodies of animals when they die in the woods? Have you ever taken a walk […]

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Herb Unit

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to plant herbs Students will be able to describe the taste/smell of different herbs Students will be able to describe different uses for herbs ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are herbs? How are herbs used? What foods do I eat? PROCEDURE Week One- Planting Herbs Materials: Introduction: Begin by asking students what […]

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Herb Sachets

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to use their senses to explore herbs in the garden Students will be able to compare different herbs Students will be able to identify some of the herbs in the garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are herbs? What can we do with plants in the winter? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction:Ask students, […]

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Garden Tools

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to name different garden tools Students will be able to use the right tool for the right job Students will be able to use tool safely ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How can tools help us in the garden? MATERIALS NEEDED Variety of garden tools PROCEDURE Introduction:What is a tool?Show different garden tools […]

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Salad Planting and Poetry

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to use their senses in the garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How do we grow food ourselves? What can we experience with all our senses in the garden? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction: Today we are going to plant our salad garden. But we are going to do something special to keep us […]

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Garden Observation

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to make observation about the garden Students will be able to draw a picture of something in the garden ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is happening in our garden right now? MATERIALS NEEDED Blank Authors/Illustrators sheetCrayons, split into small containers for kids to have with them while working Pencil/Pen for teacher to […]

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