Brief Description: Students use books and handouts to create game show questions about insects and then form teams and play the game. Objectives: Have students conduct research on a topic Students will form questions based on facts and information gathered from research Share researched information with the class through a fun game Challenge students to
Brief Description: Students create an experimental garden, altering variables and evaluating results. Objectives: Brainstorm the factors that affect plant growth Make group decisions to design an experiment Take ownership of the garden by helping to decide what is planted Students make predictions about how their experiment will impact the growth of their plant Materials: science
Brief Description: Students plant beans and set up an experiment to examine how light or water impacts plant growth. Objectives: Students plant a control and experimental plant from seed Students design a light or water experiment for their plants Students make predictions about how their experiment will impact the growth of their plant Materials: Seeds,
It’s an exciting day in a small Alabama town – Dr. George Washington Carver has arrived to show the community how to improve the soil and grow a variety of delicious crops! A great introduction to early “farm to school.”
This book traces the origins of common foods like bread, cheese, apple juice, and chocolate chip cookies from the farm to the factory to the lunchbox. Brightly colored illustrations depict every stop along the way.
Each page of this book is an evolving image that follows Tracy’s view from her window from her birth to her adulthood, Over the years her urban neighborhood evolves from a few abandoned lots to a lush, green oasis.
So much can happen in a single year in a backyard garden. Featuring a poem for every seasonal event, the book takes the reader through winter snows, fall harvests, and summer weddings.
Can chickens swim or fly or lay golden eggs? Henrietta is tired of life in the cramped chicken coop and is ready for something more. Even though the older chickens laugh at her, she soon inspires them to reach a little bit higher themselves.
Written for older children or adults, this book is filled with practical advice about garden, mixed with whimsical ideas of how to share gardening with young children. A great resource for teachers or parents starting a school garden.
A boy emperor in China sets the children of the kingdom on a quest to discover the greatest power in the world. What’s discovered might not be what you think!