Content Themes: Interactions of energy and matter

Planting Corn at Crestview Elementary: 2011 Youth Garden Grant Winner While many early Americans believed that popcorn (the ancestor of all corn) popped because a tiny angry spirit who lived inside the kernel wanted to escape, today's s ...

Kidsgardening Activity - Single page - admin - 10/18/2011 - 18:57 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

Photosynthesis: During photosynthesis, plants absorb radiant energy from the sun (kinetic) and convert and store it as chemical energy (potential). What do plants have to do with energy? Believe it or not, in one way or another they’re rel ...

Kidsgardening Article - single page - admin - 07/27/2011 - 12:22 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

"My fourth graders had finished an electrical unit, and we moved on to growing plants and studying plant needs," said Painted Post, NY, teacher Carolyn Perry. "Then one curious student suggested that since plants have certain needs and since electricity ...

Kidsgardening Classroom Story - admin - 01/28/2011 - 23:07 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

Overview Plants may become a major fuel source in the future. This lesson introduces students to the idea of plant-based fuel, and explores the benefits and challenges of current biofuel technologies. Materials: Copies of the ...

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Question: What sciences can we explore in the garden other than botany and environmental education? Answer: Exploring plants and their interactions with the environment provides abundant opportunities for learning plant science concepts. ...

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