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Explore garden-based lessons from various resources to make learning more engaging and relevant for students. Adapt classroom activities for the garden, including language arts, math, science, social studies, and character education. Foster hands-on experiences and promote student creativity through various educational activities set in the garden setting.
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Be Resourceful Use lessons designed for gardens from: • Master Gardeners • California School Garden Network (www.csgn.org) • Garden of Learning (curriculum sets) (www.gardenoflearningk6.com) • Junior Master Gardener (curriculum sets and books) (www.jmgkids.us) • TWIGS (15 garden and cooking lessons) • Harvest of the Month (nutrition lessons with links to State Standards ( www.harvestofthemonth.com) • AIMS activities • Primarily Plants (Gr. K-3) • The Budding Botanist (Gr. 3-6) • Other Books • Internet (Google, e.g. Lessons on plant germination)
Be Creative Adapt your regular classroom lessons to be taught in the garden. Go through your curriculum and find where you might use the garden to: • Add interest • Make lesson more relevant • Add enjoyment by being outside • Provide hands-on learning experience • Associate lesson with the garden for retention of new concept
Language Arts Lessons Parts of Speech Verbs: I like to ________in the garden. Adjectives: the ____________cucumber the ___________,________ tomato Bonus Spelling Words, plant parts, vegetables, etc.
Writing in the Garden • Daily Journals • Letters • Poetry • Five Senses • Haikus • Cinquains • Instructions • How to…
Five Senses Garden • I see… • I smell… • I hear… • I feel… • I taste… • I know…
Math in the Garden • Counting • Measuring • Calculating • Perimeters and Areas • Water • Soil Amendments • Plant Food • A Square Foot Garden • Problem Solving • Fractions • Percentage • Economics
Science • Use of Scientific Method for Investigation and Experimentation (I.and E.) standards, all grade levels • Use as a class Science Fair Project • Use as a lab for designing individual or group investigations (Our Science Lab) • Hands on experience for content instruction • Life Sciences • Earth Sciences • Nutrition • Environmental Education
Cooperative Learning • Among Classmates • Rules for the garden • Working together • Sharing and caring for tools • Within Grade Level • Designating garden areas for grade and class • Grade level theme or project • School Wide Theme, Project, or Newsletter • Community Project • Farmers’ Market • Donation of produce to charity
Character Education • Appreciating Diversity • Grow unusual vegetables • Ethnic foods • Health and Nutrition • Environmental Education
Behavior Management Reward • Entire class reward • Minutes in the garden • Individual privileges • Special hat, apron, garden gloves, etc • Gardener for the day or week
Tutorial Site • Cross-age tutoring • Buddy Reading • Learning English • Small group with volunteer or aide