I will be asking for school garden plant requests soon, so here are some lessons to fuel the fodder.
Garden Planning Lesson - A nice lesson with picture book suggestions to help you and your students start dreaming about what to plant in your garden. Though it's written for elementary school students, it's great fodder for any age group. http://growing-minds.org/documents/garden-planning-lesson-plan-2nd-grade.pdf Planning the Summer Garden - This lesson from the School Garden Project is meant for summer time, but it offers ideas for learning why we can plant spinach right now but not tomatoes and peppers. Students learn about life cycles, climate and seasonality. The Harvest Trading Cards are amazing, but are for more temperate Oregon and for older grades. Nevertheless, I would use them! https://www.schoolgardenproject.org/download/planning-summer-garden/ https://www.schoolgardenproject.org/download/harvest-trading-cards/ Worms - With all the rain we've been having, it's hard to miss the worms coming up out of the ground. Here is another great lesson from the School Garden Project that explores the role worms play in our environment. In the lesson are some fun games (worm, centipede, bacteria - like rock, paper scissors, and a tag game) to get the kids thinking about the importance of decomposers and getting some exercise while they are at it! https://www.schoolgardenproject.org/download/worms/
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Carrie Caselton Lowe, Nutrition & Wellness Coordinator for Plymouth Community Ed and Rec
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