Content Themes: Pollinators

By:  NGA staff How can we expect the next generation to care for the environment if they spend a majority of their time hooked up to television and computer scree ...

Kidsgardening Article - single page - sarahp - 04/10/2012 - 13:25 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

By:  Candace Clavin Rein with Cynthia Domenghini, NGA Staff Right Side Box:  Learning in the Outdoors ...

Kidsgardening Article - single page - cynthiad - 03/14/2012 - 20:27 - 0 comments - 2 attachments - 0 groups

By:  NGA Staff Right Side Box:  When we have breakfast each ...

Kidsgardening Article - single page - sarahp - 02/29/2012 - 10:32 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

Art and Science in the School Garden "Our fourth graders were focusing on observing, listening to, and writing about the transitions and transformations that took place between winter ...

Kidsgardening Classroom Story - admin - 02/22/2012 - 11:07 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

By:  Eve Pranis, for NGA Watching pollination first hand is bound to draw inquiry out of your school gardeners. "There's no question that teachers and ...

Kidsgardening Article - single page - admin - 02/17/2012 - 06:54 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

By:  Eve Pranis, for NGA School gardens can take a variety of shapes and sizes. These barrels are placed outside each classroom and can easily complement le ...

Kidsgardening Article - single page - admin - 02/17/2012 - 06:34 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

Creating a Butterfly Garden By:  Eve Pranis, for NGA "Kids can rally around these vibrant, ephemer ...

Kidsgardening Article - single page - admin - 01/27/2012 - 06:58 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

"When we have visiting students investigate pollinating insects, we set up a series of observations using some study techniques that animal behavior scientists use," says educator Katherine Johnson at the Chicago Botanic Garden.   ...

Kidsgardening Activity - Single page - admin - 01/11/2012 - 11:13 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

A wildflower unit for your classroom can be simple or elaborate to fit your situation. It could range from observing and identifying wildflowers growing around the school or in nearby lots to collecting or obtaining seeds and trying to germinate them in ...

Kidsgardening Article - single page - admin - 10/19/2011 - 11:20 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

Ask your students whether they've ever seen flowers on grasses. You might inspire a fruitful debate. Fall is a good time to challenge students to explore outside and look for signs of grass flowers. You may first want to reveal that grasses are not ...

Kidsgardening Activity - Single page - admin - 09/13/2011 - 18:28 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups