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The Rain Garden is an Effective Tool

Submitted by cynthiad on Sun, 04/15/2012 - 14:31
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Rose Judd-Murray, NGA Staff
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A Book for a Rainy Day

Title: The Listening Walk
Author: Paul Showers
Illustrator: Aliki
ISBN: 978- 0064433228

Installing a rain garden in your home landscape can create family interactions.

Growing BIG in the Great Outdoors

Submitted by cynthiad on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 10:12
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Cynthia Domenghini, NGA Staff
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Bonnie Plants’ Third Grade Cabbage Program is a free program offered to third grade classrooms nationwide. The purpose is to support youth to eat healthy and be garden advocates. To support this purpose, Bonnie Plants offers resources online to help students grow their cabbage. In addition, lesson ideas and recipes are provided along with help for teachers and parents. Visit the Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program website for more details about registration.

You can also view a complete list of the Third Grade Cabbage Program scholarship winners for 2011 for each state. 

Being outside has so much to offer; whether you are a gardener or not, there is a place for you in the Great Outdoors. Each year, thousands of third graders nationwide find a special place outside by participating in a program which challenges them to grow an oversized cabbage.

Promoting Environmental Stewardship through Rain Gardens

Submitted by cynthiad on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 11:37
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Ann English for NGA with Cynthia Domenghini, NGA Staff
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How to Design a Rain Garden

This detailed account provides step-by-step instructions for designing, installing, and maintaining a rain garden. Additional content provided to use this as a high school activity. Download How to Design a Rain Garden (PDF) »

Instructions for how to install a rain garden and use it to promote environmental stewardship.

Rain Garden at Coolidge High School, Washington DCSchool gardens have a long and successful history with a variety of purposes.  Ninety six percent of the 2010-2011 National Gardening Assoc

Exploring Water — Four Lessons to Teach about the Importance of Water

Submitted by cynthiad on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 15:09
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NGA Staff

This curriculum unit, developed by the education staff at the National Gardening Association addresses the core specific elements of the water cycle for K-12 students. There are four grade specific lesson plans, but the lessons can easily be adapted to meet the needs of any age classroom. Content in the lessons covers different aspects of the water cycle and applying the principles to activities and inquiry that can be discussed in and out of the school garden.

Composting with KidsGardening.org

Submitted by cynthiad on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 10:58
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Cynthia Domenghini, NGA Staff
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Get Your Students Hooked on Composting!

Here's a high school activity to help relate the benefits of composting to your students: Inquiring about Compost

If you like that activity, be sure to check out our new Compost Activity Kit which features standards-based lessons for the Kindergarten through eighth grade crowd.

Student gardener at Atwood Elementary contributing to the compost pile.Compost. It’s all around us. Whether we assist in the process or not, composting is taking place. If we choose not to use it, we are missing a valuable opportunity.

One Stop for Your Garden-Based Education: A Garden in Every (Home)School

Submitted by cynthiad on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 13:09
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Cynthia Domenghini, NGA Staff
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Keep your Students Learning over the Winter Break!

Here are some fun activities you can send home with your students over the winter break to keep them engaged. You may even consider encouraging your students to get their parent's involved and complete these activities by offering extra credit when they return from winter break.

K-5th grade activity: How to Create a Moss Garden »

5th-12th grade activity: Serving Nutrition at Home »

Successful school gardening with kids in any situation requires a set of great resources. Having resources that enable you to seamlessly use the garden to enhance the core curricular areas makes your job, as the teacher, that much easier.

Cooking in the Classroom

Submitted by sarahp on Fri, 07/23/2010 - 01:13
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Objective

To provide students with hands-on cooking experiences that will strengthen their knowledge of healthful foods, and to give them the skills to prepare nutritious meals.

Materials

Vary with recipe

Background

For guidelines and recommendations related to cooking in the classroom, check out the Food-Safe Schools Action Guide.

Bulb Botany

Submitted by sarahp on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 02:36
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Objectives

  • Learn the different parts of a bulb and what they do.
  • Explore the parts of the bulb through dissection.

Central Concepts

  • A bulb is a plant that grows from an underground mass of food storage tissues.
  • The storage capacity of a bulb is a special adaptation for survival.

Materials

  • bulbs (onion and/or spring-flowering bulbs)
  • a knife
  • cutting board
  • plastic bags
  • paper towels
  • paper
  • pencils

Discussion Questions

1.

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