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Make a Garden Art Box

Submitted by sarahp on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 09:34
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The garden is full of inspiration for budding artists. You can easily transform your garden into an exciting art studio by providing a few supplies and time for creativity and observation.

Overview

Students will create a supply box to use in the garden for art projects. With the cover on, the box also provides an outdoor work surface.

The Benefits of Native Plants

Submitted by sarahp on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 01:57
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Objectives

Students will:

  • learn that some plants are better adapted to survive in their local environment than others.
  • discover that well adapted plants grow better with less maintenance.
  • develop a list of landscape plants recommended for your site conditions.

Central Concepts

Using plants adapted for your environment helps create a sustainable landscape and makes better use natural and financial resources.

Personalizing the Garden

Submitted by sarahp on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 22:16
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When kids develop a sense of ownership in your youth garden both the program and the children thrive. Children engaged in planning and caring for the garden tend to take on responsibility and put more effort into garden maintenance and learning activities. You can also nurture the child-garden relationship by inviting them to add a personal touch to the space. Here are a few ideas...

Community Planning Event

Submitted by sarahp on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 22:08
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Objectives

  • To engage students, parents, teachers, staff, and other community members in planning the garden.
  • To increase and strengthen support for the school gardening program to ensure its sustainability.

Central Concept

By facilitating a planning event, students will see the benefit of collective brainstorming and develop connections in their community. It will also help foster ownership in all program participants.

GrowLab: Activities for Growing Minds

Submitted by sarahp on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 01:06
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GrowLab® is a K-8 plant-based instructional program that invites educators to use plants as a springboard for investigative, student-centered learning. In GrowLab classrooms, indoor and outdoor gardens become living laboratories for active inquiry, where teachers prompt students to question, experiment, and construct their own understanding of the world around them.

Research Confirms It: Kids Need Green Space!

Submitted by sarahp on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 23:56
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Garden-based educators know that kids connect with nature, use their natural curiosity to make discoveries and solve problems, and get their developmental needs met in the garden. Research shared by presenters at the 2005 American Horticultural Society’s annual Children & Youth Garden Symposium confirms the power and importance of the work we do at NGA. In turn, it gives credence to gardening as a way to help children become healthy, capable, and well balanced.

Oliver's Vegetables by Vivian French

Submitted by sarahp on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 22:30
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Objectives

  • Read Oliver's Vegetables by Vivian French.
  • Discuss the edible parts of plants.
  • Learn the health benefits of vegetables and why they should eat some every day.

Central Concepts:

  • Vegetables are an important part of our diet because they provide essential nutrients and fiber.
  • Different vegetables provide different health benefits.

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

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