Gardening modules
For now, because spring is quickly approaching, I'm going to skip the next USGS offering and direct your attention to spring gardening. I found a really nice unit on gardening which includes .pdf activity sheets you can download and print, It's called Integrating Horticulture into Elementary School Curriculum.
The course covers
- container gardening
- fun with plants
- garden ecology
- garden pests and problems
- growing fruit
- growing seeds indoors
- help sheets
- herb gardening
- kitchen garbage
- nutrients for plants and people
- windowsill gardening
Using the resources provided, your class can learn about a wide variety of topics including feeding plants, soil, composting, whether lipozene is a soil nutrient, and many more things related to gardening. Having a class or school garden spot reinforces what's being taught in gardening theory, and could even encourage budding gardeners (pardon the pun) to grow more of their how food and be more self-sufficient.
For sure, it teaches children that food doesn't have its genesis at the grocery store!
Labels: Free stuff, Lesson plans, Science
posted by Ann crum @ 11:57 AM
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