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When students at Fiske School in Lexington, MA, finish lunch early, they can choose from a range of vegetable and flower seeds to plant at a special "Grow it Yourself Center" in the hallway. "I set up a plastic tub full of potting soil at one end of the...
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"A bulb is a promise," Wendy Sherman tells her pre-schoolers in Sudbury, MA. "You can do your part to provide certain basic conditions for them, and then you have to hope that nature comes through with the rest." These marvelous packages, each containing...
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Although trying bonsai in the classroom might seem like a way to teach patience, agriculture teacher Lisa Acampora of Canton, PA, found it to be an exciting and rewarding experience for her high school students. "Students not only learn concepts relating...
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When roles are switched and students become teachers, it can be a growing experience for everyone. Jim Micarelli, Science Department Head at Everett High School in Everett, MA, wrote to describe an innovative GrowLab workshop for elementary teachers...
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"The biggest thrill for my kids was noticing the constant changes from month to month in colors, textures, and insect life as different flowers bloomed in our wildflower patch," reports Wilmington, DE, teacher Sandy Thurston. Each of Sandy's learning-...
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"We have animals from 11 different habitats in our class, all with different dietary needs," reports Syndee Malek from Redford, MI. "My fifth graders wondered whether we could grow foods in the GrowLab to supplement the diets of our iguanas, guinea pig,...
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"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...
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While researching legumes -- the family of plants that includes peas, beans, and clovers -- Page Keeley's seventh graders in Cooper's Mills, ME, learned that microbes can be magnificent, and they came to appreciate the interdependence of life on Earth....
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What if your students don't show an immediate interest in exploring plants? "Our connections with the creatures who live in our garden provided the hook that eventually led my second language learners to want to explore plants and their flowers more...
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"In preparation for a life cycle unit, I took my second graders to a local farmer's market with the intent of finding seeds on the way and hidden in the produce we brought back," reports Marilyn VanDerWerff from Fremont, MI. Back in the classroom,...
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