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Sample Lesson Plans |
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A Good Ol’ Fashioned Hoe Down
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Garden of Learning Journals
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Float Like a Butterfly
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Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Science) Teaches the kids about garden maintenance
while avoiding a weedy takeover. |
Lesson:
(Language Arts) Students make journals to be used all year for
recording observations and written exercises.
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Lesson: (Science) Students use microscopes to examine two different types
of butterflies and record their observations.
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Butterfly Jeopardy
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Diggin the Doo
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Lettuce Begin
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Lesson:
(Science) Students learn about the life cycle and anatomy of butterflies while playing Butterfly Jeopardy. |
Lesson: (Basic
Gardening/Science) Students add soil amendments and prepare plots
for the winter crops.
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Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Science) Students will plant winter crops, including
lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, kale, pansies, herbs, flowers and
more.
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| Pumpkin Einsteins
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Just Like the Lupine Lady
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Can I Have a Blanket?
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Lesson: (Math/Science)
In this activity pumpkins are used to teach students the Scientific
Method. A question is posed; students conduct an investigation
to gather data, then study what was observed and draw a conclusion.
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Lesson: (Basic Gardening/Science and Language Arts) Students learn a valuable social lesson while planting bulbs on campus. |
Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Science) Students lay down mulch, learning how
it keeps roots warm, soil moist and soft, and inhibits the growth
of new weeds. |
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Worm Diner
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The Soil Ecosystem
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Soil in Focus
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Lesson:
(Math/Science) Students rebuild the contents of a Worm Motel, learning
about vermicomposting while using their math skills. |
Lesson: (Science) Through the simple act of digging a hole in the garden students will evaluate and record vital information about the health of the soil.
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Lesson: (Science) Students use microscopes to examine slides of the particles that make up soil, recording their observations.
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| Mosaic Stepping Stones
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Mosaic Stepping
Stones
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To Market We
Will Go
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Lesson: (Art/Economics) Students will create Mosaic Stepping Stones to beautify the garden and/or sell at the Farmer's Market.
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Lesson: (Art/Economics) Students will grout their Mosaic Stepping Stones.
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Lesson:
(Art/Economics) Students make posters for their Farmer's Market.
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Worm Traveler
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Ecosystem Evaluation
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Ecosystem Jeopardy
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Lesson: (Science, Math and Language Arts) Students read the Diary of a Worm book. Then they will check one worm out of their Worm Motel to examine and make a passport for the worms travels. |
Lesson:
(Science and Language Arts) Students visit the garden, and using
the scientific method, conduct an evaluation of its ecosystem. |
Lesson: (Science) Students will learn about the ecosystem, the role of the plants and animals that live there while playing a game of jeopardy. |
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Once There Was a
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Life in an Ant House
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Spring Cleaning
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Lesson: (Science) Students use microscopes to examine the anatomy of an Ant and record their observations. |
Lesson:
(Science and Math) Students observe an Ant Farm and record
their observations. |
Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Science)Students will do a little spring cleaning, learning about general maintenance. |
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Mother’s Little Pansies
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That’s Why the Lady is a Bug
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Bunny Brunch
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Lesson:
(Arts and Crafts) Students cut and press flowers to prepare
for making Mother’s Day gifts a few weeks later. |
Lesson: (Science) Students study a live ladybug's anatomy and life cycles.
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Lesson:
(Basic Gardening /Nutrition) Students make and eat salads from their garden, giving them an appreciation for how food is produced while also proving to themselves that they can eat their vegetables after all. |
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It's Moving Day
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To Market We
Will Go
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Mother’s Little Pansies
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Lesson: (Bacis Gardening/Economics) Students transplant plants from the garden to sell at the Farmer's Market. |
Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Economics) Students harvest the winter crops and prepare them for sale at the Farmer's Market. |
Lesson: (Arts and Crafts) Students make Mother's Day gifts, using flowers they pressed from the garden. |
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We Need Some Air Down Here!
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Falling Into Next Year’s Crop
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Honeydew, Honey Don’t
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Lesson: (Basic Gardenin/Scienceg) Students will clean up the spring garden, weed, add soil amendment and aerate the soil. |
Lesson: (Basic Gardening/Science) Students will replant the garden with sumflowers, pumpkins, gourds, corn, flowers, herbs and more for the next school year. |
Lesson: (Basic Gardening/Science) Students will partcipate
in a end of the year garden clean-up to leave it in good shape for
the summer. This activity can be used any time when the garden needs
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Seedy Start
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A, B, Seed
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A Good
Ol' Fashioned
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Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Science) Students start seeds indoor for transplanting
later. |
Lesson:
(Science) Students will dissect lima beans, exploring their different
parts to learn how seeds function.
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Lesson: (Basic
Gardening/Science) Teaches the kids about garden maintenance while
avoiding a weedy takeover.
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I Never Metamorphosis I Didn’t Like
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A Scarecrow in the Classroom
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Diggin’ the Doo
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Lesson:
(Science) Students raise butterflies, watching them emerge from
their chrysalises in the classroom. With this lesson we’ll
study metamorphosis and learn all about butterflies. |
Lesson: (Creative
Writing) Each class works together to make a scarecrow. Then,
students engage in a writing exercise, imagining that their scarecrows
come to life and join them in the classroom.
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Lesson: (Basic Gardening/Science)
Students add soil amendments and prepare plots for the winter
crops.
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| Lettuce Begin
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Like, Totally Tuberous, Dude!, Part l
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Check in Time
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Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Science) We plant our winter crops, including
lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, kale, pansies, herbs, flowers and
more.
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Lesson:
(Science) Students study how bulbs grow,
using worksheets that hone their powers of observation, while also
creating a colorful display for next spring. |
Lesson:
(Science) Students rebuild the contents of a "Worm Motel". The students will raise worms by recycling lunch or garden scraps
all year long to enrich the soil. |
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Worm Jeopardy
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Can I Have a Blanket?
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Near and Dear
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Lesson:
(Science) Students play a game of “Worm Jeopardy” and
learn about worms and their role in gardening and the environment. |
Lesson: (Basic
Gardening/Science) Students lay down mulch, learning how it keeps
roots warm, soil moist and soft, and inhibits the growth of new
weeds.
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Lesson: (Science)
Students use simple microscopes to examine some plant and organic
material from our garden, recording their observations.
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| Mosaic Pots, Part l
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Mosaic Pots, Part ll
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Incredible Edibles
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Lesson: (Art/Economics)
Students will create Mosaic Pots to beautify the garden and/or
sell at the Farmer's Market.
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Lesson: (Art/Economics)
Students will grout their Mosaic Pots.
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Lesson:
(Nutrition.) Students learn about edible plants, and diagram which
parts of the plants they eat. |
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To Market We Will Go,
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Check Out Time
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A,B,C of Bees
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Lesson:
(Art/Economics) Students make posters for their Farmer's
Market. |
Lesson:
(Science) We check some worms out of our "Worm Motel" to examine
and learn about nature’s decomposers. |
Lesson:
(Science) Students use microscopes to examine the anatomy
of a bee and record their observations. |
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Honeybee Jeopardy
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Like, Totally Tuberous, Dude!, Part ll
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Mother’s Little
Pansies,
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Lesson:
(Science) Students play a game of “Honeybee Jeopardy”
and learn about bees and their symbiotic role in gardening and the
environment. |
Lesson:
(Science) Students return to the bulbs they planted last
autumn and update their recorded observations. |
Lesson:
(Arts and Crafts) Students cut and press flowers to prepare for
making Mother’s Day gifts a few weeks later. |
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Spring Cleaning
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I Still Never Metamorphosis I Didn’t Like, Part ll
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X Marks the Spot
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Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Science) Students will do a little spring cleaning, learning about general maintenance. |
Lesson: (Science)
Students let their butterflies go free in the garden after they
emerged in the classroom. Now the kids explore the garden for
signs that the butterflies have set up housekeeping.
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Lesson:
(Science) We’ll use microscopes to examine the anatomy
of a ladybug. |
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It's Moving Day
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To Market We
Will Go
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Mother’s Little Pansies
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Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Economics) Students transplant plants from
the garden to sell at the Farmer's Market. |
Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Economics) Students harvest the winter crops
and prepare them for sale at the Farmer's Market. |
Lesson:
(Arts and Crafts) Students make Mother's Day gifts, using
flowers they pressed from the garden. |
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We Need Some Air Down Here!
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Falling Into Next Year’s Crop
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The Garden Path
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Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Science) Students will clean up the spring garden,
weed, add soil amendment and aerate the soil. |
Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Science) Students will replant the garden with sumflowers,
pumpkins, gourds, corn, flowers, herbs and more for the next school
year. |
Lesson:
(Basic Gardening/Science) Students tend to their garden pathways,
pulling out weeds and spreading gravel, bark or other materials
to block weeds. | ||||
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