Garden of Learning
Package 2

Seedy Start	A, B, Seed		A Good Ol' Fashioned Hoe Down
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.		Lesson: (Basic Gardening/Science) Teaches the kids about garden maintenance while avoiding a weedy takeover.
I Never Metamorphosis I Didn’t Like	A Scarecrow in the Classroom		Diggin’ the Doo
Lesson: (Science) We’ll 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.		Lesson: (Basic Gardening/Science) Students add soil amendments and prepare plots for the winter crops...

Lettuce Begin	Like, Totally Tuberous, Dude!, Part l		Check in Time
Lesson: (Basic Gardening/Science) We plant our winter crops, including lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, kale, pansies, herbs, flowers and more.	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.) We create a “worm motel.” The students will raise worms by recycling lunch or garden scraps all year long to enrich the soil.

Worm Jeopardy	Can I Have a Blanket?		Near and Dear
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		Lesson: (Science.) Students use simple microscopes to examine some plant and organic material from our garden, recording their observations.

Mosaic Pots, Part l	Mosaic Pots, Part ll		Incredible Edibles
Lesson: (Art) Students will create Mosaic Pots to beautify the garden and/or sell at the Farmer's Market.		Lesson: (Art) Students will grout their Mosaic Pots.	Lesson: (Nutrition.) Students learn about edible plants, and diagram which parts of the plants they eat.

To Market We Will Go, Part I	Check Out Time		A,B,C of Bees
Lesson: (Art/Economics) Students make posters for their Farmer's Market.	Lesson: (Science.) We check some worms out of our Worm Motel to ecamine and learn about nature’s decomposers.		Lesson: (Science.) Students use microscopes to ecamine the anatomy of a bee and record their observations.

Honeybee Jeopardy	Like, Totally Tuberous, Dude!, Part ll		Mother’s Little Pansies, Part I
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.

Spring Cleaning	I Still Never Metamorphosis I Didn’t Like, Part ll		X Marks the Spot
Lesson: (Basic Gardening) Teaches the kids about garden maintenance while cleaning up the spring garden.	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.		Lesson: (Science) We’ll use microscopes to examine the anatomy of a ladybug.

It's Moving Day	To Market We Will Go Part II		Mother’s Little Pansies Part II
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.

We Need Some Air Down Here!	Falling Into Next Year’s Crop		The Garden Path
Lesson: (Basic Gardening) Students will clean up the spring garden, weed, add soil amendment and aerate the soil.	Lesson: (Basic Gardening) Students will replant the garden with sumflowers, pumpkins, gourds, corn, flowers, herbs and more for the next school year.		Lesson: (Basic Gardening.) Students tend to their garden pathways, pulling out weeds and spreading gravel, bark or other materials to block weeds.

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Garden of Learning Package 2

Garden of Learning
Package 2