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When Christine Staskiewicz invited a local farmer and hydroponic grower to talk to her fourth grade students in Westport, Massachusetts, about growing herbs in their GrowLab, she had hoped the students would be inspired to try raising herbs...
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After donning their space suits, a 5th-grade "astronaut commander" leads a crew of three K-2 "astronaut trainees" into a shuttle simulator, blasts into space, docks with the space station, and travels through the airlock into the space station simulator...
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"My third grade Spanish/English immersion class decided that our school garden could provide the ideal context for cross-cultural connections," reports Arlington, VA, teacher Marykirk Cunningham. Through an online project to exchange gardening...
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First grade teacher Kathy Goodlad wanted her Title 1 (at-risk) first graders to develop an appetite for healthy foods, improve their reading and writing skills, and experience being responsible for living things. She also suspected that her pupils for...
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Raised-bed gardens at Rolling Hills school. When an ugly portable classroom was removed at Rolling Hills Elementary, an inner-city school with a high at-risk population, kindergarten teacher Karen Redel and fourth grade teacher Laurie Wedewer saw green....
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Almost every school vegetable garden hosts tomato plants, and the ability to grow a handsome tomato earns a gardener the title of "green thumb." Tomatoes are a delicious staple of American cuisine, which is fortunate considering that they provide...
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In many U.S. schools, statistics show that you’ll find children who are overweight and others wondering where their next meal will come from; many are not getting the right balance of nutrients in their diets...
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Gardens are an excellent teaching tool for youth because they providing important hands-on learning activities and inspire kids to discover the wonders of their environment. These experiences are valuable for all children, but can be especially...
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If I asked you to close your eyes and think of inner-city teenagers selling bags of greens, what is the first thing that comes to mind? That image is changing in Atlanta. Through a hydroponics youth enterprise project the Teen Club at Brownwood...
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"Young people who have been labeled 'bad' or 'at-risk' are often referred to us," says Shannon Thompson, Director of Youthlinks, a nonprofit in Rockland, ME, that matches adolescents...
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