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Cultivating Creativity and Communication Skills through Garden-Inspired Poetry Even when school gardens are tucked in for the winter, your students need not lose touch with plants, weather, insects, and other natural wonders. By reflecting on their...
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Looking for ways to incorporate the garden into your curriculum? The following Classroom Projects provide you with detailed instructions for engaging, garden-related activities along with ideas for hands-on lessons.
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Figurative Speech: Analogies, Similes, and Metaphors Literacy standards addressed: use of personal expression, use of figurative speech; creation of stories. Analogies, metaphors and similes are staple ingredients of poetry. The plants, gardens, and the...
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Websites For Poets Kristine O'Connell George -- An award-winning children's poet dedicated to nurturing young lyricists. The site has loads of teaching tools, inspiration, and advice for budding poets. Poetry for the Elementary Classroom -- A multi-...
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Decomposition is a big word for some students. Help them break it down (pardon the pun), and they'll find that de- (reverse) + compose- (put together) means "to take something apart." All living things -- an oak leaf, a moth's wing, a carrot top -- are...
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Sparking Curiosity about Decomposition If this is your student gardeners' first experience with decomposition concepts, here are some suggestions for stimulating curiosity and inquiry. Fill a plastic bag with some "once living" materials (e.g., cut...
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Websites We Like Compost Fun for Kids -- Students from Mansfield Middle School, where they operate a successful school-wide composting project, provide composting facts, a quiz, and puzzles for their peers. Mulch Experiment -- A lesson plan for testing...
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What should kids know about plants? The formula for photosynthesis? The difference between a taproot and fibrous root? A botanist and a fourth grade teacher might have very different responses to this question. In any case, students need opportunities...
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Once your carrots have been dug and tomatoes harvested, discuss with students how you might put the school garden "to bed" for the season (unless you can garden through the winter in your climate). It's important to remove garden plant debris so it won't...
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Once your students have created visions and plans for bountiful outdoor gardens, the next step is bringing them to life. If you're in an area with a short growing season and/or you want to harvest certain crops before school is out for the summer, you...
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