EE Activities - School Gardens
EE Activities - School Gardens
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Springtime is here! A wonderful way to get children interested in the environment is to get them digging and growing. Gardening not only provides students with a chance to learn about life cycles and ecosystems, but it also develops their ability to solve problems and work collaboratively. Whether you're looking to spruce up your existing garden or planning for next year, these sites can help you nurture a fascination with nature in your students.
Take your students on a virtual tour of Michigan State University's 4-H Children's Garden with 56 individual themes. Visit the Imagination Garden, Butterfly Garden, Treehouse area, and the Alice in Wonderland maze!
The URL is: http://4hgarden.msu.edu/kidstour/tour.html
Book for educators to cultivate entrepreneurs, by the National Gardening Association created "to inspire, advise, and guide those who want to launch or enhance a business with youngsters."
The URL is: http://store.yahoo.com/nationalgardening/11-3110.h...
In the courtyard of South Country’s Frank P. Long Intermediate School, New York, there is a beautiful garden lush with decorative flowers, shrubs, trees, and ornamental decorations. The garden, which expanded from a small plot to the entire courtyard over the past four years, is the result of the school’s 4th & 5th grader’s Garden Club. Frank P. Long teacher Peter Cisek initiated the program with a $500 grant from radio station WBAB for educators who needed seed money to start a special program and is receiving yearly assistance from the South Country Education Foundation. The Garden Club is totally self-sustaining, and not funded by the school budget.
The URL is: http://www.southcountry.org/LONG/garden.htm
Complete guide to schoolground greening projects - from conception to planning to implementation.
The URL is: http://www.biodiversityonline.ca/schoolgrounds/
Online guide for grades K-8, to help start a school learning garden or enrich an existing program. Features expert advice on getting support for a garden program, lesson plans and guidance for teaching to standards in the garden, practical gardening advice and more.
The URL is: http://www.schoolgardenwizard.org/
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