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Butterfly Garden at National Gardening Association in South Burlington, Vermont Welcoming Caterpillars and Butterflies to your Schoolyard Growing plants that attract butterflies is a sure-fire way of engaging youngsters in the school garden, and it...
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Although humans fear and revere them, abhor and adore them, there are no inherently "bad" or "good" insects. They are all simply trying to make a living and create offspring according to their natural programming. But from a gardener's perspective, some...
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"When I asked my second through fifth graders what soil was, they concurred that it was just made of dirt," reports St. Louis, MO, teacher Brenda Kukay. "But after dissecting and inspecting soils from different contexts, then trying to create some from...
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"My third graders had been exploring trees as part of a history unit when several began to wonder what happens to the leaves that fall in the autumn," reports Merion, PA, teacher Judith Linker. "They wondered why we aren't buried in old leaves!" Although...
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The following time-honored activities can provide springboards for engaging students in exploring soils and how they "act." If It Feels Good Invite students to examine the texture of moist soils as scientists do. Set up stations with soil samples with...
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"Whenever I plan to introduce a new garden-based science unit to my bilingual third graders, I look for stories relating to the topic," explains Salinas, Ca, teacher Artemis Ledesma. "Before sharing these stories, I have students create a chart detailing...
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"When my fourth graders were exploring the inventive process, we learned that some inventions came about accidentally and others were deliberately designed to solve problems," reports Wichita Falls, TX, teacher Linda Bishop. As avid gardeners and...
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"I had never gardened myself and didn't even know what a radish seed was," reports second and third grade Louisville, KY, teacher Andrea Miller. According to new Kentucky Educational Reform act, she explains, teachers are mandated to ensure that learning...
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Sure, compost is made from kitchen scraps ranging from broccoli stems to coffee grounds, but the term is usually applied to plant material once microbes have heated, then transformed it into a rich, earthy mixture. Eighth grade student Aaron Didich had...
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"Several years ago, as part of a math unit on grids and measurement, my fourth graders grew grasses right at their desks in mini-greenhouses made from recycled plastic containers," reports Cox's Creek, KY, teacher Fred Siler. As students observed,...
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